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stay away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay awayverb

    stay clear of, avoid

    "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

Wikipedia

  1. Stay Away

    Stay Away is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Stay Away, Joe.

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  1. stay away

    "Stay away" is a phrase used to advise or instruct someone to maintain a distance or avoid close contact with a particular person, place, situation, or object, often for the purpose of ensuring safety, avoiding conflict or preventing potential harm or discomfort. It can be used in a literal physical sense or in a metaphorical context.

Wikidata

  1. Stay away

    A stay away, also known as a stay-away or stayaway, is a form of protest where people are told to "stay away" from work, similar to a general strike.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stay away in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stay away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of stay away in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Osso:

    We're going to stay away from that, we're not looking to make it a race issue. We need to focus on the facts in this case so we're going to avoid those outside forces.

  2. Derrick Rose:

    I could care less about who else weighs in on this, usually athletes tend to stay away from this, but I just felt as if I had to do something.

  3. Lawrence Yun:

    Travel restrictions were a big factor, buyers want to see the property. Any travel restriction or even Covid test requirement, which was only lifted this summer, that is an inconvenience, or a signal to say' stay away.'.

  4. Cerda Salinas:

    You either go to the shelter to get warm, or you stay home, stay cold, and stay away from the pandemic.

  5. Mike Apicello:

    What people don't realize is while they're setting off fireworks and sparklers in hot, dry heat or wind, that fires can move very quickly, putting their neighborhood directly in threat, look for open, wide spaces to ignite fireworks, and stay away from fire fuels such as grass, which in this type of heat, cure out really fast. And with the high winds, all it takes is an ignition, even in an urban environment. A bottle rocket on a shake roof would ignite a fire very rapidly.


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