Keep One's Distance

Definition: Keep One's Distance

Keep One's Distance

Verb

1. Stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous".

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Synonyms: Keep One's Distance

Avoidance

Avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against; (oppose); deny oneself.

Modesty

Keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way, " do good by stealth and blush to find it fame ", hide one's light under a bushel, cast a sheep's eye.

Respect

Keep one's distance, make room, observe due decorum, stand upon ceremony.

Expression using "keep one's distance": To keep one's distance. Additional references.

Albanian

shmangem (circumvent, deflect, depart, deviate, diverge, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, fight shy of, forbear, funk, give a wide berth, glance, jink, jump, leapfrog, Miss, Parry, refrain, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of, tergiversate, wander), rri mënjanë (keep away, keep oneself to oneself, stand aloof, stand by). (various references)

Czech

zachovávat odstup, držet se ve vzdálenosti. (various references)

Finnish

pysytellä loitolla (keep aloof, stand off), pysyä loitolla (stand aloof), esiintyä pidättyvästi. (various references)

French

rester � distance (keep off). (various references)

Hungarian

távolságot tart (to stand off). (various references)

Pig Latin

eepkay one'say istanceday

Portuguese

manter distância de. (various references)

Romanian

se ţine la distanţã (hold aloof, keep aloof, keep away, stand aloof, stand off). (various references)

Russian 

знать свое место, быть сдержанным. (various references)

Spanish

mantenerse apartado (stand aloof, stand apart), guardar las distancias. (various references)

Swedish

vara reserverad, hålla distans. (various references)

Turkish

uzak durmak (avoid, avoid smb., dissociate oneself from, give a wide berth to, keep aloof, keep away, keep away from, keep off, keep out, keep out of, short circuit, shrink away, shun, stand aloof, stand apart, stand off, stay away from), soğuk davranmak (discountenance, frost, keep smb. at a distance), samimi olmamak (keep smb. at a distance), mesafeli olmak. (various references)