keep sth off (sb/sth)
— phrasal verb with keep uk/kiːp/us/kiːp/verb kept, kept
B2 to stop something touching or harming someone or something:
Put a cloth over the salad to keep the flies off.
Wear a hat to keep the sun off (= to prevent it harming your skin).
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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