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Phrase(s): keep out (of something)
1. Lit. to remain outside something or some place. • You should keep out of the darkroom when the door is closed. • The door is closed. Keep out! 2. Fig. to remain uninvolved with something. • Keep out of this! It’s my affair. • It’s not your affair. Keep out!, Phrase(s): keep someone or something out (of something)
1. to prevent someone or something from getting into something or some place. • Keep your kids out of my yard. • She just couldn’t keep herself out of the cookie jar. 2. to keep the subject of someone or something out of a discussion. • Keep the kids out of this! I don’t want to talk about them. • They kept Dorothy out of the discussion.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs