What does keep one's distance mean?

keep one's distance means "stay clear of, avoid".

What is another word for keep one's distance?

Close synonyms include stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stay away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep one's distance a common word?

keep one's distance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Keep one's distance — meaning and 4 synonyms

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
stay clear of, avoid
“Keep your hands off my wife!”
“Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous”
Synonymsstand back keep one's eyes off keep one's hands off stay away
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What does keep one's distance mean?: keep one's distance means "stay clear of, avoid".

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