| 1 |
[ adverb ] at some distance
Examples "keep someone at arm's length" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Fortunately , although only a_few years ago they held the student at_arms_length , today the business houses welcome the opportunity to aid the student , not_only from an increased sense of community responsibility but also from the realization that the student of today is the interior_designer of tomorrow - that the student already is `` in the trade '' . |
| * |
|