stay away

verb

stayed away; staying away; stays away

: to not go near someone or something : avoid

I know I shouldn't go there, but it's hard to stay away.

—usually + from

Stay away from my girlfriend!

He usually stays away from large crowds.

I try to stay away from caffeine.

Examples of stay away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Montalvo also advised residents to stay away from the sea and rivers while emergency officials continued their assessments. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Below, in a conversation with THR, Madison and White also discuss their near-total absence from social media and how The Social Reckoning only reinforced their decisions to stay away. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Ledgebrook has been happy to stay away from the fray, until now. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Medina Acosta, a native of Uruguay, is also subject to an immigration hold and was ordered to stay away from the Biltmore Hotel. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for stay away

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
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• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway