keep out

Verb

Meaning

remain outside

prevent from entering; shut out

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shut exclude shut out keep bar ban eliminate reject refuse prohibit embargo repel expel forbid preclude

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Antonyms

include allow let permit admit enroll

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Hypernyms

remain rest keep prevent stay

Hyponyms

curse excommunicate ostracize unchurch ostracise lock out

Examples

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. Rutherford B. Hayes

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. Winston Churchill

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The best armor is to keep out of range. Italian Proverb

Locks keep out only the honest. Jewish Proverb

There is little use building a fence around the garden to keep out the rabbits. Yugoslav Proverb

Close letter words and terms

keep oneself occupied keep oneself to oneself keep open keep out of keep out of it keep out of mischief