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keep-away

n. A child's game in which players throw a ball or other similar object so as to prevent a selected player from catching it. When the selected player catches the thrown object, he or she trades places with whoever threw it in a manner that allowed it to be caught.

Usage examples of "keep-away".

Then I taught Ready Teddy to chase it, and chew on it, and play keep-away with it in the cool December air.

The kids who'd been playing keep-away were all in the same pose: arms crossed over chests, hands wedged into armpits, jumping up and down like pogo sticks and screaming for their mothers.