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  • 11keep one's distance — keep oneself apart, hold oneself at a distance, keep oneself away, stay away …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12keeping one's distance — staying far away from, staying a safe distance away from …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 13distance — distanceless, adj. /dis teuhns/, n., v., distanced, distancing. n. 1. the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. 2. the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. 3. a linear extent …

    Universalium

  • 14distance — I n. 1) to cover; run; travel; walk a distance 2) to keep a distance (to keep a safe distance between cars) 3) to close the distance between 4) a discreet; good, great, long; safe; short distance (we traveled a short distance) 5) (a) shouting;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15distance — /ˈdɪstəns / (say distuhns), /ˈdɪstns / (say distns) noun 1. the extent of space intervening between things or points. 2. the state or fact of being distant, as of one thing from another; remoteness. 3. the interval between two points of time. 4.… …

  • 16distance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measure of interval Nouns 1. distance, remoteness, farness, long way; offing, background; perspective, parallax; reach, span, stride; measurement; separation, disjunction; interstellar or intergalactic… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 17distance — n. & v. n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two things. b the length of this (a distance of twenty miles). 3 a distant point or place (came from a distance). 4 the avoidance of familiarity; aloofness;… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 18distance — noun 1》 the length of the space between two points: I cycled the short distance home. 2》 the condition of being remote.     ↘a far off point. 3》 the full length of a race or other contest.     ↘Brit. Horse Racing a space of more than twenty… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19distance — See: KEEP AT A DISTANCE, KEEP ONE S DISTANCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20distance — See: KEEP AT A DISTANCE, KEEP ONE S DISTANCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms