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Wide berth.
If you give someone a wide berth, you keep yourself well away from them because they are dangerous.
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State lawmakers, in response to Congressional inaction on immigration law, are giving local authorities a wider berth.
His brother, running newspapers, was bound to be second-guessed by his father; James had a much wider berth.
Such confusion not only hurts sales for retailers, but can also give counterfeiters a wider berth to exploit the chaos.
But in recent years, Ms. Hewitt has also established a sideline specialty in the keyboard works of François Couperin, generally given a wider berth by pianists.
This is the main reason, officials here say, that he is nurturing a sense of grievance, and giving his traditional peace partners a wider berth.
My brain registered wild hair, scraggly beard, old clothes, shouting at no one in particular, and I took a half-step in another direction to give him a wider berth.
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Give him a wide berth.
Give the buffalo a wide berth.
American banks give Cuba the widest berth.
Classmates give him a wide berth.
Adam needs the widest berth.
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