keep apart

Related to keep apart: keep back, keep to oneself, keep pace with

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keep apart - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester

disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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Or would you rather that we should keep apart for the present?"

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Ah, friend, an infectious disease is indeed a misfortune, for now we poor and miserable folk must perforce keep apart from one another, lest the infection be increased.

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We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express ourselves in well-bred phrases, and in this way preserve a dignified alienation, showing much firmness on one side, and swallowing much grief on the other.