keep out

Some of the length and intensity of the services was a ploy to keep out the religious tourists.

The Kurdish-controlled areas have pushed to keep out of the conflict ever since.

They offer me water, ask where my kids go to school, which parish I belong to, tell me to have a nice day and keep out of the sun.

It is stark and simple, and serves as a warning to onlookers and passers-by: keep out.

They ignore the heat, or cover their windows to keep out the sun, or just wait.

And since he was too busy catching angleworms for himself to help her and her husband, she wished he would keep out of sight.

But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.

Down there in the office, while I stood behind a partition and nobody saw me—I would hide anywhere to keep out of a quarrel!

Hitching his horse and telling Bruno to keep out of sight, but near him, he carefully made his way to the house.

Moss was placed between the logs to keep out the wind, and a thick roof was made from hemlock boughs.