stay off

phrasal verb

stayed off; staying off; stays off

1

: to avoid (something)

Let's stay off the subject of politics.

She's doing a good job of staying off drugs.

2

: to not go on (something)

Please stay off the grass.

Examples of stay off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dallas officials urged residents to stay off the roads, while homeless service agencies and the city continued warming shelter services at Fair Park. —Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026

Drivers who were urged to stay off the roads are starting to get a clearer picture of neighborhood conditions as metro Atlanta continues to recover from a weekend winter storm. —Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026

Mamdani is continuing to ask residents to stay off the roads as crews continue working on plowing snow off the streets. —Helen Graham, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett issued the most restrictive travel advisory Sunday afternoon, urging all residents to stay off the roads except for essential travel. —Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for stay off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff