How is “at a distance” used?

In Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), one line is: “I've pushed people away, kept them at a distance”

Which movie is “at a distance” from?

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I've pushed people away, kept them at a distance

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to avoid closeness or intimacy with someone; to stay emotionally or socially detached; from a place or time that is not near; from far away

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to avoid closeness or intimacy with someone; to stay emotionally or socially detached
I've pushed people away, kept them at a distance because of the fear of that loss,
I've pushed people away, kept them at a distance
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from a place or time that is not near; from far away
In a way. At a distance.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版