No. 8,956 in Swedish
distansera
"To distance" or "to outdistance."
In a sentence
Jag behöver distansera mig från all stress.
I need to distance myself from all the stress.
The word 'distansera' is used reflexively (distansera mig) to express the act of separating oneself mentally or emotionally from a situation.
Under loppet lyckades han distansera sina konkurrenter.
During the race, he managed to outdistance his competitors.
The word 'distansera' is used in a physical sense to indicate surpassing others in terms of distance or lead.
Hon försökte distansera sig från tidigare misstag.
She tried to distance herself from past mistakes.
The word 'distansera' is again used reflexively (distansera sig) to describe the action of casting off association with something, in this case, past mistakes.
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