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Antonyms for keep out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : keep |
Phonetic Transcription : kip |
- abandon
- accept
- add
- admit
- advance
- advocate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- cancel
- cease
- choose
- clear
- continue
- desert
- disbelieve
- distribute
- drop
- encourage
- exclude
- expedite
- fail
- forsake
- free
- give
- go
- grant
- halt
- help
- hurt
- ignore
- include
- incorporate
- keep
- lack
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- miss
- need
- neglect
- offer
- open
- permit
- quit
- ratify
- reject
- release
- reveal
- sanction
- spend
- squander
- stop
- support
- take in
- take on
- throw away
- unfasten
- untie
- use
- want
- waste
- welcome
Definition of keep out
Origin :- late Old English cepan "to seize, hold," also "to observe," from Proto-Germanic *kopijanan, but with no certain connection to other languages. It possibly is related to Old English capian "to look," from Proto-Germanic *kap- (cepan was used c.1000 to render Latin observare), which would make the basic sense "to keep an eye on."
- The word prob. belongs primarily to the vulgar and non-literary stratum of the language; but it comes up suddenly into literary use c.1000, and that in many senses, indicating considerable previous development. [OED]
- Sense of "preserve, maintain" is from mid-14c. Meaning "to maintain in proper order" is from 1550s; meaning "financially support and privately control" (usually in reference to mistresses) is from 1540s. Related: Kept; keeping.
- As in reserve : verb keep, hold back
- As in bar : verb prohibit
- As in shut off/shut out : verb exclude; screen
- As in hold back : verb repress
- As in shut out : verb exclude
- As in exclude : verb expel, forbid
- As in hold : verb have in one's hands, possession; grasp
- As in hold back/hold off : verb repress
- And Molly Abrahamson used to warn him to keep out of her father's way.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- You are to keep out of his way, he says, and he will not seek to put himself in yours.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- It cannot keep out the arrow of the cock's cry, and the heart that pierces is no shadow.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Little Katie put her hands over her ears to keep out the sound.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- Lonesomeness was the very thing he had tried to keep out of that letter.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- How he can do it and keep out of jale, my saving soul, I don't know.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Glenfaba may be dull, but you do well to keep out of the whirlpool of London for the present.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Did he think, however, she wondered, that he could keep out of it to the end?
- Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
- Well have to keep out the press and television men, anyway, because of your health.
- Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel
- Be very careful to keep out of the cells anything that does not belong there.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
Synonyms for keep out
- adhere
- arrest
- ban
- bar
- bate
- beleaguer
- bind
- bit
- blackball
- blacklist
- block
- block out
- blockade
- bottle up
- bounce
- boycott
- bridle
- carry
- catch
- check
- cherish
- circumvent
- clasp
- cleave
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- close
- close out
- clutch
- conceal
- condemn
- confine
- conserve
- contain
- control
- cork up
- count out
- cover
- cradle
- curb
- debar
- defer
- delay
- deny
- detain
- disallow
- discontinue
- discountenance
- discourage
- drive out
- duck
- eject
- eliminate
- embargo
- embrace
- enclose
- enjoin
- enjoy
- estop
- evict
- except
- exclude
- exile
- fence off
- fondle
- forbear
- forbid
- force out
- freeze out
- freeze to
- frustrate
- get rid of
- grip
- handle
- hang on
- have
- hide
- hinder
- hoard
- hold
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- hug
- ignore
- imprison
- inhibit
- interdict
- interfere
- keep
- keep back
- keep close
- keep out
- lay up
- leave out
- limit
- lock out
- lock up
- maintain
- mask
- not let go
- nourish
- obstruct
- obviate
- occlude
- occupy
- omit
- ostracize
- oust
- outlaw
- override
- own
- palm
- pass over
- plant
- possess
- postpone
- preclude
- preserve
- press
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- put a lock on
- put away
- put by
- put off
- put out
- refrain
- refuse
- refuse admittance
- reject
- remove
- repudiate
- restrain
- retain
- rule out
- save
- screen
- seclude
- secure
- segregate
- seize
- set aside
- shroud
- shut off
- shut out
- shut the door on
- sideline
- squeeze
- squirrel
- squirrel away
- stash
- stay put
- stick
- stockpile
- stop
- store
- store up
- stow away
- suppress
- suspend
- take
- throw out
- trammel
- veil
- veto
- vise
- ward off
- wield
- withhold
- wring
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