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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Mere five paces away

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I can't get the meaning of phrase “mere five paces away” in sentence bellow; Can you help me?

Our tendency to categorize people into good and evil or useful and harmful from a “mere five paces away” is ludicrous and is merely a survival mechanism for the weak.

  

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anonymous “mere five paces away” only a short distance away (5 steps)

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anonymous“mere five paces away”

only a short distance away (5 steps)

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This is metaphorical. "From a mere five paces away" means "from a quick and superficial appraisal."

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