stay away

phrasal 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

While liberal politicians stayed away to avoid a toxic association with bug-eating globalist elites, anti-establishment figures relished the conflict. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Jan. 2026

In court on Tuesday he was given a bond of $2,500 and was ordered to stay away from Hard Rock Stadium. —Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026

Topline Elon Musk reposted a claim on Tuesday that ChatGPT has been linked to several deaths by suicide, encouraging users to stay away from the leading chatbot and provoking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who responded with a defensive statement attacking Grok and Tesla. —Martina Di Licosa, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Ross has also been ordered to have no contact with and stay away from the cyclist victim. —Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for stay away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway