at arm's length
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- At a distance, away from one's body.
- 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Iceland were defiant, as they always are, rigid in defence and lacking in attacking ambition, willing to simply keep England at arm's length and maybe land a counter-punch.
- (idiomatic) Avoiding a close relationship.
- She's been keeping me at arm's length all the time. She doesn't want to get involved.
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at a distance
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avoiding a close relationship
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