Wiktionary
vb. To refrain or prevent from coming (near).
WordNet
v. prevent from coming close; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool"
Wikipedia
Keep Away, also called Piggy in the Middle, Monkey in the Middle, Pickle in a Dish, or Pickle in the Middle, or more popularly known as "Monkey", is a children's game in which two or more players must pass a ball to one another, while a player in the middle attempts to intercept it. The game could be considered a reverse form of dodgeball, because instead of trying to hit people in the middle with the ball, players attempt to keep the ball away from them. The game is played worldwide.
"Keep Away" is the second single by alternative metal band Godsmack. It was released on the band's first studio album Godsmack. "Keep Away" was inducted into the Top 100 Greatest Rock songs labeled under "Guitar Legends". The song is ranked No. 54 in Hit Parader's 100 heavy metal top songs all-time. An acoustic version was included on The Other Side. A live version is included on the album from Woodstock 1999.
The song was featured in the 2002 film Rollerball.
Usage examples of "keep away".
Slap a quarantine on Askalon Five, inform other ships to keep away, and have done with it.
They lighted fires at the cave entrance at night to keep away any wild animal that might be prowling around.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
Troops were to stay within the hastily fenced base except as otherwise ordered, keep away from the local females, and in general avoid incidents.
We've avoided contact with them here, and even the Elaigar have had the sense to keep away from the institutions of the Psychology Service.
He had given up all hopes of making the overland journey, and yet, as long as his scanty supply of food held out, he strove to keep away from the settlement.
I suppose that at first fire was chiefly used to keep away wild beasts while our ancestors slept, but the warmth must have been found agreeable.
He went to study in Paris with the determination that when he provincial home again he would settle in some provincial town as a general practitioner, and resist the irrational severance between medical and surgical knowledge in the interest of his own scientific pursuits, as well as of the general advance: he would keep away from the range of London intrigues, jealousies, and social truckling, and win celebrity, however slowly, as Jenner had done, by the independent value of his work.
Now he'll keep away from Nodren's village and out of sight for the time being.
I shall go out about two o'clock and everyone must keep away until I send word that they may go back to their work.
All these things would be available later for the taking, but there was going to be an interlude when it would be advisable to keep away from towns of any size.