sth from sb

  • 1keep sb/sth from sth — UK US keep sb/sth from sth Phrasal Verb with keep({{}}/kiːp/ verb (kept, kept) ► to prevent someone or something from doing something: »Am I keeping you from your work? keep sb/sth from doing sth »The board is doing everything it can to keep the… …

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  • 2keep sth from sth — UK US keep sb/sth from sth Phrasal Verb with keep({{}}/kiːp/ verb (kept, kept) ► to prevent someone or something from doing something: »Am I keeping you from your work? keep sb/sth from doing sth »The board is doing everything it can to keep the… …

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  • 3strip sth from sb/sth — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …

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  • 4strip sth from sth — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …

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  • 5draw sth from sth — UK US draw sth from sth Phrasal Verb with draw({{}}/drɔː/ verb [T] (drew, drawn) ► to get something from a particular place: »The state with $2.7 billion to invest in university based research is trying to draw matching funds from private sector… …

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  • 6knock sth from sth — UK US knock sth from sth Phrasal Verb with knock({{}}/nɒk/ verb [T] ► to make the value of something go down by a particular amount: »A warning of significant losses knocked 10p from the group s shares …

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  • 7strip sth from sb — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …

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  • 8keep sth from sb — UK US keep sth from sb Phrasal Verb with keep({{}}/kiːp/ verb (kept, kept) ► to not tell someone something: »It is important not to keep information of this kind from your senior staff …

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  • 9ˈkeep sth from sb — phrasal verb to not tell someone something I kept the news from him for a while.[/ex] …

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  • 10from — W1S1 [frəm strong frɔm $ frəm strong frʌm, fra:m] prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(where somebody/something starts)¦ 2¦(distance away)¦ 3¦(when something starts)¦ 4¦(original condition)¦ 5 from place to place/house to house etc 6 from day to day/from minute to… …

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