keep from

verb

1. foll by a gerund to prevent or restrain (oneself or another); refrain or cause to refrain
2. tr to protect or preserve from

Example Sentences

To keep from having his driver’s license permanently revoked, he never told his doctor just how often he had seizures.

From Los Angeles Times

While the winner is likely to put in place their most senior team members over the weekend and into the beginning of next week, filling all the junior ranks will take some time, and there will be parliamentary appointments to keep from first thing Monday morning.

From BBC

“I basically started this journal to keep from going mad,” he says over coffee and bagels at the Clark Street Diner in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times

But because we didn't know anything about Harris, I thought, well, we have the things we should keep from Trump’s life story and reevaluate some things about his childhood that we hadn't really hit before, because we knew we were going to have to hit her childhood, because of the composite of who she is.

From Salon

The 35-year-old said he now tries to avoid BTMPS, but “a lot of people are just trying to get anything to keep from being sick” from opioid withdrawal.

From Los Angeles Times

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