keep at arm's length
verb
Roget 289:
repel,
push from,
drive apart,
drive from
etc.
276;
chase,
dispel;
retrude†;
abduce†,
abduct;
send away;
repulse.
keep at arm's length,
turn one's back upon,
give the cold shoulder;
send off,
send away with a flea in one's ear.
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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†.
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Roget 895:
be rude
etc.
adj.;
insult
etc.
929;
treat with discourtesy;
take a name in vain;
make bold with,
make free with;
take a liberty;
stare out of countenance,
ogle,
point at,
put to the blush.
cut;
turn one's back upon,
turn on one's heel;
give the cold shoulder;
keep at a distance,
keep at arm's length;
look cool upon,
look coldly upon,
look black upon;
show the door to,
send away with a flea in the ear.
lose one's temper
etc.
(resentment)
900;
sulk
etc.
901.1;
frown,
scowl,
glower,
pout;
snap,
snarl,
growl.
render rude
etc.
adj.;
brutalize,
brutify†.
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Roget 889:
be inimical
etc.
adj.;
keep at arm's length,
hold at arm's length;
be at loggerheads;
bear malice
etc.
907;
fall out;
take umbrage
etc.
900;
harden the heart,
alienate,
estrange.
[not friendly, but not hostile].
(indifference).
866.
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