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keep from

vb. To prevent or restrain (oneself or another); refrain or cause to refrain.

Usage examples of "keep from".

He sat next to Rhodan at the controls and tried to keep from showing that this flight was his first serious mission.

Thomas Cardif had to struggle inwardly to keep from shouting to them in his despair.

Tears of joy and pride welled in my sockets and it was all I could do to keep from climbing on to my seat and crying: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is my country!

Hours after I should have reached the ring road I was still skirting boggy places and open water and trying to keep from being somebody's lunch.

Anger was an emotion she had avoided all her life, but now she was drowning in it, unable to keep from screaming at them, “.

Having to pull it off quickly to keep from drowning after jumping into the water, made Glawinn even more thankful it wasn't lost to the harbor bottom.

Out of breath, spots swimming before his eyes, refusing to believe that he could fail now, Jherek sagged, struggling to keep his mouth closed, struggling to keep from taking a breath.

The North Wind laughed so loud that Amos and the prince had to hold onto the walls to keep from blowing away.