keep aloof

verb

Roget 893: be secluded, live secluded etc. adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux [Fr.]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon etc. 624; sport one's oak [Slang].    cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.    depopulate; dispeople^†, unpeople^†.    ... show more

Roget 196: be distant etc. adj.; extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to; range.    remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance.    distance; distance oneself from.    ... show more

Roget 187: be absent etc. adj.; keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof.    withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate; go away etc. 293.    ... show more

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