keep at arm's length (verb) fend off: keep at bay
Sinonime: advancing, antipathetic, assailing, attacking,
barbaric, bellicose, combative, contentious,
destructive,
disruptive,
disturbing, encroaching, hawkish, intruding,
intrusive, invading, martial, militant,
offensive,
pugnacious, quarrelsome,
rapacious,
threatening, warlike
Antonime: calm, easy-going, laid-back