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keep away |
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keep someone or something away (from someone or something) to maintain a physical distance between someone or something and someone or something, in any combination. I will try to keep the smokers away from you. Try to keep the dog away from the roast. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But she did not understand why she was to keep away. Mother--but you are so hard that I cannot call you by such a name--why do you keep away from my father in this way? If Dunsey did not come back for a few days (and Godfrey did not know but that the rascal had enough money in his pocket to enable him to keep away still longer), everything might blow over. |
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