Deleting Contacts on phone (but keep them on my mac)

Is there a way to delete contacts on my iPhone but keep them on my Mac (Macbook Pro) or vise versa.  I use iCloud, so Im not sure.  Some people I no longer need to contact via phone, but would still like to keep their contact info, in case I ever need to contact them. 

Drag them to your "on my mac' group in address book, contacts in this group won't sync with iCloud.
This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Address Book.

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