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STAY AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stay clear of, avoid
Example:
Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous
Synonyms:
keep one's distance; keep one's eyes off; keep one's hands off; stand back; stay away
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "stay away" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
He was going, and, if not voluntarily going, voluntarily intending to stay away; for, excepting what might be due to his uncle, his engagements were all self-imposed.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Some foods to stay away from include: • Eggs • Honey • Peanuts (including peanut butter) • Other tree nuts
(Infant and Newborn Nutrition, NIH)
It was what I remotely dreaded when I was first impelled to stay away from England.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Perhaps it was reading the journal yesterday that upset me, and then Jonathan went away this morning to stay away from me a whole day and night, the first time we have been parted since our marriage.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
This study using the great tit species as a “model predator” has shown that if one bird observes another being repulsed by a new type of prey, then both birds learn the lesson to stay away.
(Birds learn from each other’s ‘disgust’, enabling insects to evolve bright colours, University of Cambridge)
Not that they had ever quarrelled (Miss Mills informed me); but that having been, on the occasion of Dora's christening, invited to tea, when they considered themselves privileged to be invited to dinner, they had expressed their opinion in writing, that it was better for the happiness of all parties that they should stay away.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
