keep at a distance

keep someone or something at a distance

to retain some amount of physical distance from someone or something. Please try to keep Tom at a distance. He just gets in the way. I wanted to keep the smelly plant at a distance.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rohit	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
TÚLio	-	Portuguese
Huri	-	Biblical
CÉSaire	-	French
Iona (1)	ie-ON-ə (English)	English, Scottish
Darya (2)	-	Persian