keep out

verb

kept out; keeping out; keeps out

1

: to not enter a place

The sign on the door said "Keep out!"

2

: to stop or prevent (someone or something) from entering a place

The curtains help keep out the drafts.

Examples of keep out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Patagonia’s owner, Yvonn Chouinard, has designed the various ownership models for the company so that it would be kept out of the hands of outside investors that could push it away from its environmentally focused mission or hurt its employees. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 8 July 2026

Research finds keeping out immigrants also makes individual immigrants less productive. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Four of the next seven penalties were off target before Yassine Bounou kept out Crysencio Summerville and Ismael Saibari, Morocco’s player of the tournament to this point, won it. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026

The skin isn’t just a passive barrier that accepts humectants, peptides, and other ingredients and keeps out external aggressors like pollutants and bacteria. — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 July 2026

Rhymes for keep out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout