This is the 8956th most frequent Swedish word.
distansera
"To distance" or "to outdistance."
The word 'distansera' is used in a physical sense to indicate surpassing others in terms of distance or lead.
Under loppet lyckades han distansera sina konkurrenter.
During the race, he managed to outdistance his competitors.
The word 'distansera' is again used reflexively (distansera sig) to describe the action of casting off association with something, in this case, past mistakes.
Hon försökte distansera sig från tidigare misstag.
She tried to distance herself from past mistakes.
The word 'distansera' is used reflexively (distansera mig) to express the act of separating oneself mentally or emotionally from a situation.