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arm's length

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Noun1.arm's lengtharm's length - a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
distance, length - size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"


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cried Menneville, seeing that he was within an arm's length of the door.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
said he, holding me at arm's length, so that the light from the door fell on my face.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
She silently assented, and with her stool at arm's length, and the pail against her knee, went round to where they stood.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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