keep away

keep away
(to (cause to) remain at a distance: Keep away - it's dangerous!) mantener a distancia
1) v + adv

to keep away (from somebody/something): keep away from me! no te me acerques!; keep away from the fire! no se acerquen al fuego!; I'll keep away from them in future — evitaré tener nada que ver con ellos en (el) futuro

2) v + o + adv

to keep somebody away from somebody/something: you'd better keep her away from me más vale que no dejes que se me acerque; I kept him away from school — no lo mandé al colegio

1.
VT + ADV mantener alejado, mantener a distancia

the police kept the crowds away — la policía mantuvo a la multitud alejada or a distancia

keep him away! — ¡que no se acerque!

vitamin C helps keep colds away — la vitamina C ayuda a no pillar resfriados

• to keep sb away from sb/sth — mantener a algn alejado de algn/algo

they kept him away from school — (=stopped him going) no le dejaron ir al colegio; (because ill) no lo llevaron al colegio, lo tuvieron en casa

keep medicines away from children — mantener los medicamentos fuera del alcance de los niños

2.
VI + ADV no acercarse

keep away! — ¡no te acerques!

• keep away from the fire — no te acerques al fuego

he promised to keep away from drink — prometió no tocar la bebida

he seems to be keeping away from me — parece que me evita

you keep away from my daughter! — ¡no te vuelvas a acercar a mi hija!

he can't keep away from the subject — siempre vuelve al mismo tema

* * *
1) v + adv

to keep away (from somebody/something): keep away from me! no te me acerques!; keep away from the fire! no se acerquen al fuego!; I'll keep away from them in future — evitaré tener nada que ver con ellos en (el) futuro

2) v + o + adv

to keep somebody away from somebody/something: you'd better keep her away from me más vale que no dejes que se me acerque; I kept him away from school — no lo mandé al colegio


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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