keep (someone/something) out of something
— phrasal verb with keep us/kip/verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/
to prevent yourself or someone else from involvement in something:
Carolyn keeps out of the public eye and away from Washington.
Don’t use credit cards and you’ll keep out of debt.
If you keep one thing out of another thing, you prevent them from influencing each other:
You should keep your personal life out of your work.