Word Study
keep out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb keep out has 2 senses
- keep out(v = verb.social) exclude, shut, shut out - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" is one way to keep, prevent
- keep out(v = verb.change) Array - remain outside; Array is one way to remain, rest, stay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
THESAURUS
keep out
ban, bar, bar out, blockade, count out, cut off, debar, detain, embargo, exclude, freeze out, hold, hold back, ignore, keep, leave out, lock out, omit, ostracize, pass over, preclude, prohibit, reject, relegate, repudiate, send to Coventry, shut out, taboo, withhold
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