Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for keep one's distance

keep one's distance



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Stay away; also, remain emotionally remote. For example, It's wise to keep one's distance from any wild animal , or Since the family argued with him, Harry's been keeping his distance . [Late 1500s]

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement