keep off

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keep off
verbo transitivo con partícula
también:
  • k your hands off that! -> ¡no toques eso!
  • k your hands off me! -> ¡no me toques!
verbo transitivo con partícula
también:
  • k off the grass! -> prohibido pisar el césped (sign)
verbo intransitivo
1mantenerse al margen (stay away)

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keep off [kip]
impedir, desanimar; estar o mantenerse separado o alejado; mantener a distancia, no admitir a alguno.

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keep off
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
(keep distant, repel)
put a cloth over it to keep the flies off pon un trapo encima para que no se posen las moscas
they may have kept meat in storage pits covered with stone slabs to keep off scavengers will he be able to keep the weight off? he built a special shelter to keep the sun off
he kept his hat off no se puso el sombrero; keep your hands off! (informal) ¡no toques!
verb:transitive:plus_preposition
1 (keep away from)
keep your dog off my lawn no deje que el perro me pise el césped; keep your feet off the grass no pises la hierba; keep your hands off my daughter no toques a mi hija; they want to keep young people off the streets quieren evitar que los jóvenes pierdan el tiempo vagabundeando por las calles; measures to keep people off the unemployment register medidas para que la gente no entre en las listas del paro; he couldn't keep his eyes off her (informal) no podía apartar los ojos de ella
2 (prevent from consuming)
I've been told to keep him off processed foods me han dicho que no le de alimentos procesados; keep her off cheese for the next 10 days que no tome queso durante los próximos 10 días
3 (steer away from)
to keep sb off a subject evitar que algn toque un tema; try to keep him off the subject of budgets intenta que no toque el tema de los presupuestos
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
1 (stay away from)
keep off my land! ¡fuera de mi propiedad!
keep off the grass prohibido pisar el césped
2 [+food, subject] evitar
keep off politics! ¡no hables de política!
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
if the rain keeps off si no llueve

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