stay away

VERB

avoid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avert bypass dodge escape evade fend off shun sidestep ward off

STRONG

abstain circumvent deflect desist ditch divert duck elude eschew flee hide jump obviate recoil shake shirk shy skip skirt weave withdraw

WEAK

circumlocute cold-shoulder fake out give the slip hold off keep clear lay low run for cover shake and bake shake off shrink from shuffle off skip out on skip town stay out steer clear of step aside turn aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet

STRONG

allow help permit stay take on

WEAK

seek want

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stay away

Tom Rutland, East Worthing and Shoreham MP, earlier urged people to stay away from the area while emergency services dealt with the incident.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

But my use of antithetical framing had gone up even as I’d told myself I would stay away from it.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The smoke hazard has triggered the evacuation of two Belgian villages, whose residents were still under instruction to stay away.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The police in Dendermonde, a city of around 50,000 in the Flanders region, 18 miles northwest of Brussels, are warning potential scourers to stay away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Would he tell me to stay away from Sandy, too?

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

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