To distance yourself from someone is to move away from them. You can distance yourself emotionally, physically, or both.
They distanced themselves from the group by staying away from the conversations.
She distanced herself from him by not talking to him anymore.
verb
To move away (from) someone or something.
verb
To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
noun
The process of becoming or making distant.
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The length of the altitude is the distance between the base and the vertex.
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The whole of the Roman Empire stretched away into the far distance.
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One centimeter on the map represents one kilometer of distance on the ground.
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The distance between the conveyor belts is less than the length of the articles.
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The distance of the race was cut by a furlong to its present length in 1988.
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The tool length preferrable is the distance from the users waist to the ground.
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My grievance is in the distance.
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The sign demarcated the distance.
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They heard the sirens in the distance.
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Mountains loom in the distance on the right.