kept out

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
   • After being warned, he kept out.
2. (transitive) To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.
   • The warning kept him out.

   Antonyms:

   let in, lock in

3. (African-American Vernacular) To dress up.
   • Put me in Chanels, kept me out nice1996, Lil' Kim, “Not Tonight”