"put daylight between oneself and someone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts daylight between oneself and someone [present, singular, third-person], putting daylight between oneself and someone [participle, present], put daylight between oneself and someone [participle, past], put daylight between oneself and someone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> daylight between oneself and someone}} put daylight between oneself and someone (third-person singular simple present puts daylight between oneself and someone, present participle putting daylight between oneself and someone, simple past and past participle put daylight between oneself and someone)
  1. (idiomatic) To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: create daylight between oneself and someone Related terms: clear blue water [UK, especially]
    Sense id: en-put_daylight_between_oneself_and_someone-en-verb-pmVfaVyS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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