keep out

/kip aʊt/

/kip aʊt/

Other forms: kept out; keeping out; keeps out

Definitions of keep out

1. verb

   prevent from entering; shut out
   synonyms: exclude, shut, shut out

   types:

   curse, excommunicate, unchurch

   exclude from a church or a religious community

   lock out

   prevent employees from working during a strike

   ostracise, ostracize

   avoid speaking to or dealing with

   boycott

   refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

   type of:

   keep, prevent

   stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
2. verb

   remain outside
   type of:

   remain, rest, stay

   stay the same; remain in a certain state