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Meanings of keep away in English

Portuguese
bobinho

Children's game.

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      Usage of keep away in English
      1
      I said if you're taken short you keep away from the fruit.
      Lord of the Flies
      2
      I should keep away from her-discretionbeing the better part of valor.
      The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
      3
      So I had better keep away from these foolish gaieties in future.
      In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 03
      4
      The farmer is at the utmost pains to keep away these intruders.
      The Book of Household Management
      5
      The good old woman could never keep away from the kitchen long.
      The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
      6
      A bundle of elder leaves in a tent will keep away flies.
      Camping For Boys
      7
      The Belgians of Enghien hated it, and they could not keep away.
      With the Allies
      8
      I thought again of Lucian's warning to keep away from Mrs. Russo.
      Demon: a memoir
      9
      All that is well enough so long as the Dissenters keep away.
      Jerusalem
      10
      All afternoon he wrestled with himself to keep away from the office.
      The Grain of Dust: A Novel
      11
      He hoped that Conolly would have the good sense to keep away.
      The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
      12
      When they know you're from Hubei they all keep away from you.
      Reuters
      13
      His people must keep away from them, and hope for the best.
      Tales of Unrest
      14
      So little is the world, that one cannot keep away from persons.
      No Thoroughfare
      15
      It is better for you that you keep away from over there.
      The Tempting of Tavernake
      16
      He preferred to keep away from it as long as might be.
      The Far Horizon
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      Translations for keep away
      Portuguese
      bobinho
      Keep away through the time
      Keep away across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      New Zealand
      Less common
      United States of America
      Less common
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