[Vocabulary] to keep somebody from doing something

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Marina Gaidar

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Is it correct to say "to keep somebody from doing something"?

- We are going with you, and you cannot keep us from doing this!
 

Rover_KE

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It's OK.

'You cannot stop us from going' is more common.

Use 'keep' like this:

'Nobody can keep me from my children'.

Rover
 
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