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Meanings of keep thieves in English

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Usage of keep thieves in English
1
How can a dog guard the house and keep thieves away?
The Infant System / For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Po...
2
The barricade isn't a device to keep people in but to keep thieves out.
The incumbent
3
The crank is a diabolical engine to keep thieves from ever being anything but thieves.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
4
To guard the house and keep thieves away.
The Infant System / For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Po...
5
A watch-dog in a village was barking all night to keep thieves off from his master's house.
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
6
It's a shame because using a four-digit pin or a pattern lock is one of the easiest ways to keep thieves out of your phone.
Wired
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For years he had kept thieves, renegades and outlaws away from his little settlement by dealing out stern justice.
The Last Trail
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