keep off the streets

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)To inspire or cause (someone) to avoididleness,unemployment,poverty, orantisocialbehavior.1992,Les Roberts, chapter 4, inSeeing the Elephant,→ISBN:"Dolly Nemeroff said you're a private detective in California."[…]"It's an archaic line of work, but itkeeps me off the streets."2010January 10, Michael Crabb, “Former bad boy now a prince”, inToronto Star, Canada, retrieved9 March 2022:The Prague-born Jelinek, 32, arrived in Toronto this month to become a principal with the National Ballet of Canada.[…]But he'd never have reached this point if his single mom, who died when he was 17, hadn't put him in ballet school tokeep him off the streets.2010October 24, Julia Werdigier, “British Kids Log On and Learn Math — in Punjab”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 March 2022:"The kids love it because they love computers," said Ms. Hanson, "and I love it because it helps them with their education whilekeeping them off the streets."2013April 10,Michelle Obama, “Remarks by the First Lady at the Joint Luncheon Meeting”, inobamawhitehouse.archives.gov, retrieved9 March 2022:And back then, our parents knew that if they loved and encouraged us, if theykept us off the streetsand out of trouble, then we'd be okay.

Examples:

EN: Civil defense authorities are warning all civilians to keep off the streets.
ES: Varias autoridades de Defensa han pedido a todos los civiles que se mantengan fuera de las calles.
EN: People are warned to remain in their homes and to keep off the streets.
ES: Se invita a las personas en sus hogares para no quedarse y seguir el camino.
EN: Didn't I tell you to keep off the streets?
ES: ¿No te dije que dejaras de vagar?
EN: We should keep off the streets, take alleys if we can.
ES: Deberíamos alejarnos de las calles, dentro de lo posible habría que ir por callejones
EN: We're not here because of some violent, dangerous career criminal that we're gonna all keep off the streets of Los Angeles.
ES: No estamos aquí a causa de algún violento, criminal de carrera peligrosa que vamos a todo mantener fuera de las calles de Los Ángeles.
EN: The Department of Defense advises everyone to keep off the streets and remain out of contact and out of sight from any unknown persons.
ES: El Departamento de Defensa aconseja a todos ...que bloqueen las puertas y que permanezcan fuera de contacto... y fuera de la vista de otras personas.
EN: "Please keep off the streets tonight to allow our first responders and emergency personnel to complete their duties.
HI: "कृपया आज रात सड़कों से दूर रहें और हमारे पहले उत्तरदाताओं और आपातकालीन सेवाओं को अपना काम करने दें।
EN: The curfews, the econo-- Didn't I tell you to keep off the streets?
ID: Bukankah aku sudah memberitahumu untuk menyingkir dari jalan?
EN: keep off the streets.
TE: విను వీధుల విహరించు వేలుపు తానై !

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