keep+away+from

  • 1keep away — {v. phr.} To remain at a distance from. * /Her mother advised Diane to keep away from men offering a ride./ …

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  • 2keep away — {v. phr.} To remain at a distance from. * /Her mother advised Diane to keep away from men offering a ride./ …

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  • 3Keep Away — This article is about the children s game. For the Godsmack song, see Keep Away (song). Keep Away, also called Monkey in the Middle, Piggy in the Middle, Pickle in a Dish, or Pickle in the Middle, is a children s game in which two or more players …

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  • 4Away from Her — Infobox Film name = Away from Her writer = Alice Munro (short story) Sarah Polley starring = Julie Christie Gordon Pinsent Olympia Dukakis Kristen Thomson with Michael Murphy and Wendy Crewson director = Sarah Polley producer = Daniel Iron Simone …

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  • 5keep-away — noun Date: 1960 a game in which two or more players try to keep an object (as a ball) from one or more other players …

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  • 6Keep the Aspidistra Flying —   …

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  • 7Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …

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  • 8From an Abandoned Work — a “ for radio” [ The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 213] by Samuel Beckett, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Third Programme on Saturday 14th December 1957 along with a selection from Molloy. Donald McWhinnie, who had already had a gr …

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  • 9keep one's nose clean — {v. phr.}, {slang} To stay out of trouble; do only what you should do. * /The boss said Jim could have the job as long as he kept his nose clean and worked hard./ * /The policeman warned the boys to keep their noses clean unless they wanted to go …

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  • 10keep one's nose clean — {v. phr.}, {slang} To stay out of trouble; do only what you should do. * /The boss said Jim could have the job as long as he kept his nose clean and worked hard./ * /The policeman warned the boys to keep their noses clean unless they wanted to go …

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