Phrasal Verbs
to prevent yourself from doing something keep (yourself) from doing something She could hardly keep from laughing. I just managed to keep myself from falling.
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to prevent someone from doing something I hope I'm not keeping you from your work. keep somebody from doing something The church bells keep me from sleeping.
to avoid telling someone something I think we ought to keep the truth from him until he's better. They don't keep anything from each other.
to make something stay out of something She could not keep the dismay from her voice.