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

The service allows up to 10 devices to connect at once and operates under a strict no-logs policy, so your personal data stays off the record. —PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2025

Around eleven o’clock, back on Staten Island, a snafu: a cooling valve had been left open, so the batteries had to stay off for a while, just to be safe. —Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

But that’s not the case for shoulder surgery, which forced Dosunmu to wear a sling and stay off the court for weeks. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025

Make small changes to improve your sleep habits, such as going to bed slightly earlier each night or staying off your phone before bedtime. —Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 23 June 2025

Rhymes for stay off

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