keep out

About 2.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To refrain from entering a place or condition.

   After being warned, he kept out.

2. verb To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

   The warning kept him out.

3. verb To dress up.

Similar words

exclude shut out shut keep out of stay out keep away keep off keep away from avoid keep back

Word family

keeping out keeps out kept out