Verb
To stay away from (a place or condition).
I am keeping out of trouble.
To restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition).
He kept me out of the house while he was redecorating.
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
I told my doctor I broke my arm in two places. He told me to keep out of those places. Rodney Dangerfield
IV. Every tax ought to be contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. Adam Smith
Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. Woodrow Wilson
The best armor is to keep out of range. Italian Proverb