Phrasal Verbs With KEEP, Definition and Example Sentences
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Phrasal Verbs
It is generally used with a verb, an adverb, or a preposition. An adverb or preposition added to the main verb changes the meaning of the actual verb, giving it a different meaning. Since it has a different meaning, it becomes an idiomatic verb. For example, if the preposition “up” is added to the verb “give”, we get the idiomatic verb “Give up” and it gains a new meaning regardless of the meaning of the two words that make it up.
Phrasal Verbs are divided into two as “separable” and “inseparable”.
Separable Phrasal Verbs
If a phrasal verb is separable, we can place the object between the main verb and the preposition or add it to the end of the phrasal verb phrase without separating it at all.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verb type that cannot be placed in the middle of the phrasal verb phrase of the object of the sentence, therefore, must be used side by side and cannot be divided, is called “Inseparable phrasal verbs”. As an example, let’s use the phrasal verb “come across”, which is a combination of the words “come” and “across”, in a few sentences.
Keep from
refrain, control yourself
I couldn’t keep from playing football.
Keep in
not allow someone out.
Children were kept in after school.
Keep off
to not touch something
He kept off the subject of his divorce.
Keep away
to avoid someone or something
You must keep away medicines from children.
Keep around
Keep something near you
I keep my notebook around when I’m doing my work.
Keep on
continue
He has to keep on delivering.
Keep down
no vomit
The meat was so terrible that I struggled to keep it down.
