to distance
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5.7
- verb
- /ˈdɪstəns/
- If you're having trouble with your friends, your friends are starting to, like, distance themselves from you.
- try to distance
- attempt to distance
- seek to distance
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Watch on YouTubeEither way, you should try to distance yourself from bad things.
- Either way, you should try to distance yourself from bad things.
- Growth is measured by how far they've distanced themselves from the next person.
- The royal family, from what I've read, is distancing themselves from Prince Andrew.
- I wouldn't be too hasty to, like, cut things off and distance yourself.
- You empathize too much to the point where you can't distance yourself.
- So the idea that rights are unalienable seems to distance Lot from the libertarian.
- I came to it with the notion of, OK, what I know is that OJ is this guy who notoriously tried to distance himself from his blackness.
- Feels like an activist that I never became and but I I've never been able to distance myself from the social political reality.
- But you can manage them better and try and distance from the ones you can't.
- A virtue to distance himself from this terrible person.
Examples
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We denounce her and distance ourselves from her actions and media statements.
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I just spent so many years, so many years trying to distance myself from the person I was.
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You distance yourself from them or they distance themselves from you.
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If you ever feel stuck, distance yourself from it.
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Either way, you should try to distance yourself from bad things.
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Why did you always distance yourself from me, John?
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And, you know, I feel that... it's time for me to... distance myself from him.
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Audrey walked toward another pavilion so as to distance herself from her mother.
Fiction book (1997) -
You're still a passive observer, but it doesn't distance you from the story.
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It's important to distance yourself from negative influences in your life.
Synonyms
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1.6
Keep a distance from people or things you want to avoid
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1.6
Stop someone or something from coming near
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2.9
To move apart or stop being together
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4.2
To keep someone or something apart from others
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3.5
To move away from people or a place to create space
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3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
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3.2
To stop people or objects from touching and mixing
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4.6
To separate yourself completely from someone or something
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4.5
To slowly lose contact and closeness with someone
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3.7
To become less close to each other over time
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7.5
Make someone feel distant from family or friends
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8.8
To create distance from someone or something to avoid being too close
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7.0
Keep away from someone or something to show no connection
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3.9
To stay away from people or things to avoid close contact
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Compounds
- Specialized
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8.5
Average of the farthest and nearest distances of a planet or satellite from the body it orbits
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5.2
The distance from a lens or mirror to the point where parallel light rays meet
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8.2
The angle between two objects as seen from one place, measured in degrees
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9.1
Distance from the camera lens to the nearest point that looks sharp when the lens is focused very far away
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The shortest distance from a radio transmitter where radio waves bounced by the ionosphere can be picked up
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Etymology
The verb distance comes from Latin distare 'to stand apart', and it can also mean to keep away. So to distance yourself is to make yourself stand apart or be less involved with someone or something.