Synonyms for stay away
stay away

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1. stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay awayverb

   stay clear of, avoid

   "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"

   Synonyms:
   stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off

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1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

   I vowed this year — just sparkling water—stay away from the wine — but the dinner was so delicious it needed wine. she said, BUBIE, you were sleeping!

2. John Lahiff:

   I drove a cart around there to retrieve the ball and I didn't see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water, i'll just stay away from them, that's all. Just don't hit balls in the water.

3. Rebecca Lewison:

   Hippos have no interest in dealing with people. Stay away from them, and they will leave you alone. They are not hunting humans, do not get close to them.

4. Akhmet Tokbergenov:

   It's bad. It's not my son, and personally, I prefer to stay (away) from Russian government, from those implicated officers, from that organization I don't even want to mention.

5. Sara Hannigan:

   It’s up to them. I’m taking care of myself, if they don’t want to, I just stay away.