Meaning

1 senses

  1. To refrain from familiarity with somebody or something; to stay aloof.

    auf Distanz bleiben

    stay clear of, avoid

Examples

59 sentences

  1. She wants to keep him at a distance.

    Вона хоче тримати його на відстані. — deniko

    deSie möchte ihn auf Abstand halten. — Wolf

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  2. I recommend we keep our distance.

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  3. Tom is clearly keeping his distance.

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  4. Tom decided to keep his distance.

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  5. Tom kept his distance from Mary.

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Translations

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Forms

keeps one's distance, keeping one's distance, kept one's distance, kept one's distance
Base formkeep one's distance · to keep one's distance
3rd person singularkeeps one's distance
Present participlekeeping one's distance
Past simplekept one's distance
Past participlekept one's distance

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep one's distance
he, she, itkeeps one's distance

Past simpleLesson

all personskept one's distance

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept one's distance
he, she, ithas kept one's distance

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep one's distance

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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