Word.ws English Dictionary

kept away

kept away is the simple past and past participle of keep away.

Meaning of keep away

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To refrain from coming (near).
    • I'm keeping away from Joe until he calms down.
  2. (transitive) To prevent from coming (near).
    • Keep your children away from the construction site: it's dangerous!

Questions about kept away

What is kept away the simple past and past participle of?
Kept away is the simple past and past participle of keep away.

Words near kept away in the dictionary

  1. kept an eye out
  2. kept an eye peeled
  3. kept an eye skinned
  4. kept around
  5. kept at
  6. kept away
  7. kept away from
  8. kept back
  9. kept body and soul together
  10. kept boy
  11. kept boys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kept away (page history and authors); keep away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “kept away.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kept_away. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.