- keep off
- 1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) mantenerse a distancia2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) no dejar acercarse, no dejar entrarkeep off vb no pisar"Keep off the grass" "Prohibido pisar el césped"1) v + adv (stay away)
keep off — prohibido el paso
the rain kept off — no llovió
2) v + prep + oa) (stay away from)keep off the grass — prohibido pisar el césped
b) (abstain from) \<\<cigarettes\>\> evitar, no tocar* (fam)c) (avoid) \<\<subject\>\> evitar, no tocar*I should keep off religion/politics while she's here — mientras esté ella, mejor no hables de religión/política
3) v + o + prep + oa) (cause to stay away from)keep your hands off me! — quítame las manos de encima!
b) (cause to avoid)keep her off the subject — no la dejes hablar del tema
4) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (cause to stay away)the smell keeps the mosquitoes off — el olor repele a los mosquitos
1.VT + ADV (=keep distant, repel)put a cloth over it to keep the flies off — pon un trapo encima para que no se posen las moscas
he kept his hat off — no se puso el sombrero
keep your hands off! * — ¡no toques!
2. VT + PREP1) (=keep away from)keep your dog off my lawn — no deje que el perro me pise el césped
keep your feet off the grass — no pises la hierba
keep your hands off my daughter — no toques a mi hija
they want to keep young people off the streets — quieren evitar que los jóvenes pierdan el tiempo vagabundeando por las calles
measures to keep people off the unemployment register — medidas para que la gente no entre en las listas del paro
he couldn't keep his eyes off her * — no podía apartar los ojos de ella
2) (=prevent from consuming)I've been told to keep him off processed foods — me han dicho que no le de alimentos procesados
keep her off cheese for the next 10 days — que no tome queso durante los próximos 10 días
3) (=steer away from)to keep sb off a subject — evitar que algn toque un tema
try to keep him off the subject of budgets — intenta que no toque el tema de los presupuestos
3. VI + PREP1) (=stay away from)keep off my land! — ¡fuera de mi propiedad!
keep off the grass — prohibido pisar el césped
2) (fig) [+ food, subject] evitarkeep off politics! — ¡no hables de política!
4.VI + ADVif the rain keeps off — si no llueve
* * *1) v + adv (stay away)keep off — prohibido el paso
the rain kept off — no llovió
2) v + prep + oa) (stay away from)keep off the grass — prohibido pisar el césped
b) (abstain from) \<\<cigarettes\>\> evitar, no tocar* (fam)c) (avoid) \<\<subject\>\> evitar, no tocar*I should keep off religion/politics while she's here — mientras esté ella, mejor no hables de religión/política
3) v + o + prep + oa) (cause to stay away from)keep your hands off me! — quítame las manos de encima!
b) (cause to avoid)keep her off the subject — no la dejes hablar del tema
4) v + o + adv, v + adv + o (cause to stay away)the smell keeps the mosquitoes off — el olor repele a los mosquitos
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
