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keep out of

keep out of verb: to stay away from (a place or condition).

Verb

keep out of (third-person singular simple present keeps out of, present participle keeping out of, simple past and past participle kept out of)

  1. To stay away from (a place or condition).
    • I am keeping out of trouble.
  2. To restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition).
    • He kept me out of the house while he was redecorating.

Forms of keep out of

third-person singular presentkeeps out of
present participlekeeping out of
past participlekept out of
pastkept out of

Questions about keep out of

What does keep out of mean?
Keep out of means to stay away from (a place or condition).
What part of speech is keep out of?
Keep out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep out of?
The past tense of keep out of is kept out of.

Words near keep out of in the dictionary

  1. keep one's wits about one
  2. keep one's word
  3. keep oneself to oneself
  4. keep order
  5. keep out
  6. keep out of
  7. keep pace
  8. keep quiet
  9. keep rank
  10. keep schtum
  11. keep score

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