keep one's distance (English, verb)
expansion: keep one's distance (third-person singular simple present keeps one's distance, present participle keeping one's distance, simple past and past participle kept one's distance)
Senses:
glosses: To refrain from familiarity with somebody or something; to stay aloof.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: keeps one's distance
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping one's distance
tags: participle
present
form: kept one's distance
tags: participle
past
form: kept one's distance
tags: past