put some distance between someone and someone/something
put some distance between (someone or something)
To move a large distance away from someone or something, especially in order to escape or avoid them or it. We'll need to put some distance between us and that bomb before it explodes! I'm looking to put some distance between myself and those money lenders.
See also: between, distance, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put some distance between someone and someone/something
tv. to lengthen the distance or time between oneself and someone or something (including a place). She needed enough money to put some distance between herself and her hometown.
See also: and, between, distance, put, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- put some distance between
- put some distance between (someone or something)
- into the distance
- in striking distance (of someone or something)
- pace (something) out
- pace out
- within striking distance (of someone or something)
- pace (something) off
- in spitting distance (of someone or something)
- within spitting distance (of someone or something)