keep from

[keep from] {v.}, {informal} To hold yourself back from; stop or prevent yourself from (doing something).

* /Can you keep from repeating gossip?/

* /Jill can't keep from talking about her trip./

- Usually used with "can" in the negative.

* /You can't keep from liking Jim./

Compare: CAN HELP.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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