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Verb: keep off  keep óf
  1. Refrain from certain foods or beverages
    "I keep off drugs";
    - avoid
     
  2. Refrain from entering or walking onto
    "keep off the grass";
    - stay off

Derived forms: keeping off, kept off, keeps off

See also: maintain

Type of: abstain, avoid, desist, refrain