a wide berth



a wide berth

Ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence: gave their angry colleague a wide berth.
See also: berth, wide

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Euphrasia-Ancient Greek
Damijana-Slovene
Sampson (2)SAMP-sənEnglish
Cato (2)-Dutch
DudleyDUD-leeEnglish
Yehiel-Hebrew