keep from

verb

kept from; keeping from; keeps from

1

: to not do or experience (something)

She found it hard to keep from laughing.

It's difficult to keep from feeling worried about this situation.

It was hard to keep from confusing the twins.

2

: to prevent or stop (someone or something) from doing or experiencing (something)

She's been trying to keep herself from eating too much candy.

An umbrella will keep you from getting wet.

I don't want to keep you from (doing) your work.

3

: to not tell (something) to (someone)

What information are you keeping from me?

They think the government is keeping the truth from us.

Examples of keep from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both Buttigiegs were kept from seeing their children for about a day in June after an anonymous tipster claimed Pete Buttigieg had admitted to abusing other children several years ago. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors announced their plans in recent filings arguing for the admission of a trove of evidence at trial — various aspects of which attorneys for Thao, Jones and the Duongs want kept from any jury. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

And that information was not only kept from us, but on top of it, there was testing done [which determined a mattress in the van could potentially have blood on it]. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 15 July 2026

The lawsuit said the teen was then isolated from peers, deprived of basic needs and kept from communicating freely with his parents. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for keep from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• pisum
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum