Keep from doing meaning
Keep from doing is a phrasal verb that means to successfully resist the urge to perform an action.
- Past simple
- kept from doing
- Past participle
- kept from doing
- -ing form
- keeping from doing
What keep from doing means
B2
To successfully resist the urge to perform an action
I could barely keep from smiling.
Similar phrasal verbs
With keep: keep on doing, keep in, keep off, keep on, keep out, keep up, keep down, keep away, keep back, keep in with.
With from: come from, hear from, hail from, know something from something, take something from someone.
Common questions
What does keep from doing mean?
To successfully resist the urge to perform an action.
What is the past tense of keep from doing?
Kept from doing, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
