Definitions for keep one's distance

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away(verb)

    stay clear of, avoid

    "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"


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keep one's distance(noun)

to stay quite far away

The deer did not trust us and kept their distance.

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