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keep off1Avoid encroaching on or touching: you don’t have to keep off land during the stalking season...- All this time farmers have been ranting at walkers about keeping off their land: and here they are, not even cleaning their own farm vehicles properly.
- Ready Mix Concrete, which owns Chigborough Lakes, near Drapers Lane, has put up signs advising people to keep off land close to the lakes near Drapers Farm.
- We must promote football by keeping off the grass and not trampling on ethics.
Synonyms stay off, not enter, keep away from, stay away from, not trespass on, remain at a distance from, not go near 1.1Avoid consuming or smoking: the first thing was to keep off alcohol...- He told her: ‘If you have kept off alcohol, not committed any offences and complied with the services, the worst that will happen to you will be a probation order.’
- She has kept off alcohol, except for one slip, and that is a great achievement for someone who has suffered alcohol abuse problems for many years.
- He added: ‘I gave up smoking last May and decided I needed an incentive to keep off the ciggies and took up running.’
Synonyms abstain from, go without, do without, renounce, refrain from, give up, forgo, forswear, resist, turn aside from, swear off, not touch informal quit 1.2Avoid (a subject): they kept off delicate subjects like sexism...- As a result, the government is now taking a circuitous route and trying to avoid those controversial subjects by keeping off the topic or delaying the discussions.
- They tried to keep off the subject of Hunter's mother by talking about the exam and what they were going to do on Saturday for Halloween but it was difficult.
- He would goof off, smile, horse around, do anything to keep off the subject, but I could tell.
Synonyms avoid, steer clear of, stay away from, shun, evade, skirt round, sidestep, dodge, pass over, bypass informal duck 2(Of bad weather) fail to occur: the rain kept off until we boarded our coach...- The rain kept off and the day went really well.
- And the rain did keep off… indeed for most of the week the rain kept off.
- ‘I just hope that the rain is going to keep off,’ she said.
Synonyms stay away, hold off, not start, not begin, not come, not happen See parent entry: keep |