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keep apart

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Verb1.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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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.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Or would you rather that we should keep apart for the present?
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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