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kept off

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

Meaning of keep off

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
    • Please keep off the grass.

Questions about kept off

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

Words near kept off in the dictionary

  1. kept it together
  2. kept it up
  3. kept man
  4. kept measures
  5. kept men
  6. kept off
  7. kept off the street
  8. kept off the streets
  9. kept on
  10. kept on about
  11. kept on keeping on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kept off (page history and authors); keep off (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.

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