keep (you) from (doing something)

to prevent you from doing something.

We couldn't keep ourselves from laughing.

Even the mounting phone bills didn't keep him from calling her twice a day.

• under the circumstances
• under the counter
• under the gun
• under the influence
• under the knife
• under the skin
• under the sun
• under the table
• under-the-table
• under the weather
• under the wing of
• under the wing of something
• under the wire
• under thumb
• under wing
• under wraps
• under your belt
• under your breath
• under your nose
• under your own steam
• under your wing
• until are blue in the face
• until hell freezes over
• until kingdom come
• until the cows come home