keep from
Verb
Meaning
To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
To make and cause to remain secret.
What else did your brother keep from me?
To cause to be excluded or not present.
He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.
I don't want to keep you from school.
To protect or preserve from.
As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.
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My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Never trust people who tell you all their troubles but keep from you all their joys.
You can hardly keep from getting soiled if you fight with a skunk.