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Verb: keep off  keep óf
  1. Refrain from certain foods or beverages
    "I keep off drugs";
    - avoid
     
  2. Refrain from entering or walking onto
    "keep off the grass";
    - stay off

Derived forms: keeping off, kept off, keeps off

See also: maintain

Type of: abstain, avoid, desist, refrain

Nearest

keep back
keep company
keep down
keep fit
keep going
keep guard
keep in
keep in line
keep mum
keep note
keep off
keep on
keep one's distance
keep one's eyes off
keep one's eyes open
keep one's eyes peeled
keep one's eyes skinned
keep one's hands off
keep one's mouth shut
keep one's nose to the grindstone
keep one's shoulder to the wheel