Jackson held her at arm's length.
Parliament had been kept at arm's length since 1515 lest it should attack the church; but Wolsey's expensive foreign policy rendered recourse to parliamentary subsidies indispensable.
Russia, still regarding itself as imperial overlord of its former colonies, is trying to hold the US at arm's length.
The men would be jammed together at arm's length in a tiny shack buried in the snow.
Keep everything needed for a diaper change within arm's length.