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Phrase(s): distance oneself from someone or something
1. Lit. to separate oneself physically from someone or something. • She wanted to distance herself from the fighting in the corridor. • I distanced myself from her from then on. 2. Fig. to "separate" oneself ideologically from someone or something. • She felt that he would want to distance himself from her radical politics. • He had to distance himself from those policies if he wanted to be reelected. • I will feel better when I can distance myself from that part of my life.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs