Stay Away

Definition: Stay Away

Stay Away

Verb

1. Stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Stay Away

Absence

Verb: be absent; Adjective: keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof.

Distance

Remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance'.

Crosswords: Stay Away

Stay away from the cans! (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

Now stay away Bert or I'll hit you again. (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich)

Stay away! (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

And if you see any long tunnels, stay away from the light! (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

Just stay away from Jimmy. (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo)

stay away fools, 'cause love rules at the Love Shack! (Love Shack; performing artist: B-52'S)

Time after time you stay away (Black Cat; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

How can you stay away, away so long. (Just Another Day; performing artist: Jon Secada)

Now woman, stay away (American Woman; performing artist: Lenny Kravitz)

I should stay away but what can I do ("That Old Black Magic"; performing artist: Louis Prima & Keely Smith)

Hitler Stay Away from My Door (1968)

Can't Stay Away From You (performing artist: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How to Steer Clear of a Bozo and Stay Away From the Circus (reference)

• Stay Away from the Junkyard! (Reading Rainbow Book) (reference)

• Reading Rainbow, 1989: Stay Away from the Junkyard/Little Nino's Pizzeria (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stay Away, Joe (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Don't Pump Trouble : Stay Away From Steroids. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Stay away from my door. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Stay away from areas and materials that might be contaminated by raccoon feces. (references)

Try to stay away from strong odors and sprays, such as perfume, talcum powder, hair spray, and paints. (references)

Women

Korea

Authorities can order offenders to stay away from victims for up to 6 months and to be put on probation or to see court-designated counselors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "stay away": stay away for ♦ stay away from. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏غيب, ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

страня, стоя настрана (efface, keep away from, keep out, stand out, stay out), отсъствувам (be absent, be away), не отивам (remain away). (various references)

Chinese 

避風 (lie low, stay away from trouble, take shelter from the wind). (various references)

Czech

nedostavit se. (various references)

Finnish

jäädä pois (absent oneself, fail to appear). (various references)

French

s'abstenir de, enrayer (stamp down, stem). (various references)

German

sich fernhalten (hold off, keep away, stand apart), wegbleiben (be left out, be omitted, keep away, keep off, stop coming, stop out, to stay away), fortbleiben, fernbleiben (absence, absent, non attendance, truancy). (various references)

Greek 

μένω μακριά (keep away, keep off). (various references)

Hebrew 

לב�"ול (depart, separate, stay away from). (various references)

Indonesian

menjauh (keep distance). (various references)

Italian

stare via per (stay away for), stare lontano da (stay away from). (various references)

Manx

tannaghtyn ersooyl. (various references)

Pig Latin

aystay awayay

Portuguese

ficar longe de (stay away from). (various references)

Romanian

absenta (be absent, be missing). (various references)

Russian 

держаться в стороне (keep off, stand aloof, stand by). (various references)

Spanish

ausentarse (absent, absent oneself, break, cut, leak, stop away, truant). (various references)

Swedish

utebli (default). (various references)

Turkish

başka yerde kalmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

відлучатися. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: satay.

-4 letters: away, staw, stay, swat, sway, taws, twas, wast, wats, ways, yaws, yays.

-5 letters: aas, awa, ays, sat, saw, say, sty, tas, taw, twa, was, wat, way, yaw, yay.