keep (sb/sth) out of sth
— phrasal verb with keep uk/kiːp/us/kiːp/verb kept, kept
to avoid becoming involved in something, or to stop someone or something becoming involved in something:
I prefer to keep out of arguments about money.
Keep me out of this!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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