keep (someone or something) at a distance Idiom, Proverb

go the distance

finish the race, complete the course If Mat begins a project, he'll go the distance - he'll complete it.

keep your distance

do not come too close, respect a person's space Keep your distance or she'll accuse you of harassment.

at a distance

站开一点；离开一些距离；在远处
The picture looks better at a distance．这幅画远看更好些。

in the distance

far away；at a distance 远处
A small house can be seen in the distance．远处可以看到一幢小房子。

keep one's distance

be cool toward sb．；avoid being friendly 对某人表示冷淡；不与某人亲近
Mary did not like her coworker，Betty，and kept her distance from her．玛丽不喜欢她的同事贝蒂，因而对她很冷淡。

within hailing distance

Idiom(s): within hailing distance AND within calling distance

Theme: PROXIMITY

close enough to hear someone call out.
• When the boat came within hailing distance, I asked if I could borrow some gasoline.
• We weren't within calling distance, so I couldn't hear what you said to me.

within calling distance

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

When you are separated from the person you love, your feelings are even stronger.

keep one at a distance|arm|arm's length|at a dista

v. phr. To avoid (someone's) company; not become too friendly toward. Mr. Smith is kind to the workers in his store but after work he keeps them at a distance. Betty likes Bill and is trying to be friendly, but he keeps her at arm's length.
Compare: KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE, HOLD OFF(1a).

keep one's distance|distance|keep

v. phr. To be cool toward someone; avoid being friendly. Mary did not like her co-worker, Betty, and kept her distance from her.
Compare: KEEP ONE AT A DISTANCE.

keep (someone or something) at a distance

1. To anticipate someone, something, or oneself from interacting or acceptable complex (with addition or article else). Usually followed by "from addition or something." The government has so far been befitting the country at a ambit from the hostilities in the region. My mother was actual overprotective, and she consistently kept me at a ambit from annihilation or anyone she anticipation ability be harmful.2. To advance a accurate akin of disengagement or break from addition or something. John has been befitting us all at a ambit lately, so none of us knows how he is absolutely doing. The agent was accurate to accumulate the arguable affair at a ambit during his re-election campaign.Learn more: distance, keep

keep someone or something at a distance

to absorb some bulk of concrete ambit from addition or something. Please try to accumulate Tom at a distance. He aloof gets in the way. I capital to accumulate the evil-smelling bulb at a distance.Learn more: distance, keep

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