KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE

Meaning of KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE in English

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.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — or keep at a distance phrasal to stay aloof ; maintain a reserved attitude
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — phrasal or keep at a distance : to stay aloof : maintain an attitude of reserve
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — keep oneself apart, hold oneself at a distance, keep oneself away, stay away
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — or keep at a distance : to stay aloof : maintain a reserved attitude
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — or keep at a distance : to stay aloof : maintain a reserved attitude
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — stay far away. ↘maintain one's reserve. → distance
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — {v. phr.} To be cool toward someone; avoid being friendly. * /Mary did not like her co-worker, Betty, and kept …
Slang English vocab
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — {v. phr.} To be cool toward someone; avoid being friendly. * /Mary did not like her co-worker, Betty, and kept …
Словарь английских идиом
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — быть сдержанным, избегать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KEEP ONE'S DISTANCE — быть сдержанным, избегать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISTANCE — I. ˈdistən(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English distaunce, from Old French destance, distance, from Latin distantia, from distant-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTANCE — — distanceless , adj. /dis"teuhns/ , n. , v. , distanced, distancing . n. 1. the extent or amount of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
DISTANCE — noun remoteness of place; a remote place. 2. distance ·vt to place at a distance or remotely. 3. distance ·noun …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTANCE — / ˈdɪstəns; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the amount of space between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISTANCE — I. dis ‧ tance 1 S2 W2 /ˈdɪstəns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ distance ; noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DISTANCE — n. & v. --n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DISTANCE — n. & v. n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
DISTANCE — n. & v. --n. 1. the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTANCE — ( distances, distancing, distanced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The distance …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISTANCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (at/from) a safe distance ▪ We watched from a safe distance. ▪ Drivers should …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISTANCE — See ↑ DISTANCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a short distance • ↑ from a distance/at a distance • ↑ in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISTANCE — INDEX: 1. the distance between one place or point and another 2. to continue for a particular distance RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISTANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) расстояние; дистанция (between; from; to) good, great, long distance ≈ длинная дистанция safe distance ≈ безопасная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP — keep.ogg 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISTANCE — distance.ogg 1. ʹdıst(ə)ns n 1. 1> расстояние some /quite a/ distance - порядочное /приличное/ расстояние air-line distance - расстояние по …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция; дальность 2) интервал, отрезок • landing distance available — располагаемая посадочная дистанция; takeoff distance available — располагаемая …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция; дальность 2) интервал, отрезок • landing distance available — располагаемая посадочная дистанция; takeoff distance available — располагаемая взлётная дистанция; takeoff distance required …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция 2) дальность, путь прохождения 3) протяжённость, отдалённость 4) временной промежуток, период • distance apart — на расстоянии distance between running lines — ж.-д. …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KEEP — keep гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - kept1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISTANCE — distance сущ.1) а) расстояние; дистанция ( between; from; to) good, great, long distance — длинная дистанция safe distance — безопасная …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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