stay back

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synonyms for stay back

On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stay back, such as: drop back, drop behind, hang fire, hang off, hold back, and hold back/hold off.

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How to use stay back in a sentence

  • Hey, William, you're the heir, not the spare, so stay back from the edge, OK?

    Step Back, William! | Tom Sykes | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Why did you not stay back home in Canada and attend to your own affairs, and not butt into something that does not concern you?

    Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
  • stay back in the door a minute and you'll see the file come out—they've stopped work now—it's four o'clock.

    The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald
  • "I thought I told you to stay back," said Si, more intent on military discipline than his escape.

  • "Better stay back, Dottie, I'll be back in a minute," he said at the door.

    The Skylark of Space | Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
  • Alexia was spinning around, saying over and over to herself, “I won't stay back—I won't.”

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