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refrain from entering or walking onto
stay off the premises
keep off the grass -
refrain from certain foods or beverages
During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day
I keep off drugs
How To Use keep off In A Sentence
- I must make myself busy, to keep off morbid thoughts. North and South
- Once you're offered a sniff of a lucky break, be willing and reliable - if you keep turning down unpalatable shifts, don't expect them to keep offering work to you.
- They lit a fire to keep off wild animals.
- Net strawberries before the fruit starts to show colour, to keep off birds.
- I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods.
- I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods.
- Covering them to keep off the worst of the wet helps but anchor covers firmly to stop them blowing away. The Sun
- We'd better keep off the sensitive topic.
- The last three will need the mesh cover to keep off pests. The Sun
- How can I persuade you to keep off alcohol?
