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Discover LudwigThe phrase "keep our distance" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to maintain a safe physical distance from someone or something. Example: During the pandemic, it is important to continue to keep our distance from others to prevent the spread of the virus.
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We keep our distance from him.
We keep our distance before slinking away.
We must learn to keep our distance.
So we keep shtoom, keep our distance, and wait for something to happen.
We felt ashamed in the bright light of his grace and tried to keep our distance.
And yet, by mining every encounter for its anthropological significance, we keep our distance, too.
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Still, contact wasn't encouraged, and we kept our distance.
For weeks, we had kept our distance, walked by on the other side.
This time we kept our distance and followed him while calling the police.
We kept our distance from the three commercial barges we saw; their wakes could easily swamp our kayaks.
I bumped into a few friends, but we mostly kept our distance, not wanting to break one another's mood.
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