stay out of (something)

: a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast

: guy:1

: to secure upright with or as if with stays

: to incline (a mast) forward, aft, or to one side by the stays

: to go about : tack

: to stop going forward : pause

: to stop doing something : cease

: to continue in a place or condition : remain

: the action of halting : the state of being stopped

: a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order

: self-control, moderation

: one that serves as a prop : support

: a thin firm strip (as of plastic) used for stiffening a garment or part (such as a shirt collar)

: a corset stiffened with bones

: to provide physical or moral support for : sustain

: to fix on something as a foundation

: in a direction away from the inside or center

: outside

: from among others

: eject, oust

: to identify publicly as being such secretly

: to become publicly known

used as a function word to indicate an outward movement

: situated outside : external

: out-of-bounds

: situated at a distance : outlying

: outside

: one who is out of office or power or on the outside

: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball

: in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective