M'éloigner (en. Move away)

/me.le.waɪɲe/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

To move further away from something or someone.

I decided to distance myself from these problems.

J'ai décidé de m'éloigner de ces problèmes.

To take emotional distance.

To think better, sometimes I need to distance myself from toxic people.

Pour mieux réfléchir, il faut parfois m'éloigner des personnes toxiques.

To step away from a situation or a place.

He is moving away from the crowd to find a moment of peace.

Il s'éloigne de la foule pour trouver un moment de calme.

Derived from the verb 'éloigner' with the reflexive pronoun 'me'.

To get away from sight

To be out of sight, often used to mean disappearing from the scene.

S'éloigner des yeux

To distance myself from stress

To take a step back to manage stress.

M'éloigner du stress

separation

The act of moving away, distance.

éloignement

to distance

To make something or someone move away.

éloigner

To get lost

I'm fed up; I'm going to get lost for a while.

J'en ai marre, je vais me barrer un moment.

To take off

After that argument, he took off.

Après cette dispute, il a pris la poudre d'escampette.