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keep one's distance

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[keep one's distance] {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.

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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