stay away - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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stay away (third-person singular simple present stays away, present participle staying away, simple past and past participle stayed away)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.

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• stay-away
• “stay away”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “stay away”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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