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give a wide berth |
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give someone or something a wide berth Fig. to keep a reasonable distance from someone or something; to steer clear (of someone or something). (Originally referred to sailing ships.) The dog we are approaching is very mean. Better give it a wide berth. Give Mary a wide berth. She's in a very bad mood. give somebody/something a wide berth to avoid someone or something I try to give the city centre a wide berth on a Saturday. If she's in a bad mood I tend to give her a wide berth. See into the wide blue yonder, blow wide opengive somebody/something a wide berth to keep far away from someone or something He believes that his neighbors give him a wide berth because he is black. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form give a wide berth to something: Consumers continued to give wide berth to shopping malls last month How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Haul oil, Master Bumppo, haul off, I say, and give a wide berth to the seine. He was now in German East Africa and it was his intention to skirt the mountains west of Kilimanjaro, whose rugged peaks he was quite willing to give a wide berth, and then swing eastward along the south side of the range to the railway that led to Tanga, for his experience among men suggested that it was toward this railroad that German troops would be likely to converge. |
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