keep one's distance, v.
stay clear of, avoid
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
keep one's distance keep one's eyes off keep one's hands off stand back stay away
sample sentences
"Keep your hands off my wife!""Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym