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keep from

• cause something to remain a secret from someone.
• "now you know what your mother tried to keep from you"
Similar: keep secret, keep hidden, hide, conceal, withhold, hush up, not tell, suppress, censor, redact, keep dark, not breathe a word of,
Opposite: tell, divulge,
• cause something to stay out of something.
• "she could not keep the dismay from her voice"
• avoid doing something.
• "Dinah bit her lips to keep from screaming"
Similar: refrain from, stop oneself, restrain oneself from, prevent oneself from, manage not to, forbear from, resist the temptation to, forgo, avoid, prevent, stop, hinder, impede, hamper, restrain, check, curb, hold back, halt,
Opposite: enable, allow,
• guard or protect someone from danger.
• "his only thought is to keep the boy from harm"


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