keep from phrasal verb ( see also ↑ keep )
1 . keep (somebody/something) from something to prevent someone from doing something or prevent something from happening
keep somebody from (doing) something
His ex-wife had kept him from seeing his children.
I hope I haven’t kept you from your work.
keep something from doing something
Put the pizza in the bottom of the oven to keep the cheese from burning.
keep (yourself) from doing something
The play was so boring I could hardly keep myself from falling asleep.
2 . keep something from somebody to prevent someone from knowing something, by deliberately not telling them about it SYN withhold :
The government had wanted to keep this information from the public.