stay out

Now that her scheme had been launched, she needed only to stay out of its way, like a clever rider who knows when to loosen the reins and give a pony his head, so to speak.

All she needed was an excuse to go out and stay out.

As it was, she merely said, “Mrs. Clarke, the children and I are in urgent need of some tea. May we fix it ourselves in the kitchen and bring it upstairs? We will be sure to stay out of your way.”

The statement followed a week of vitriol in which Takaichi was repeatedly denounced by Chinese officials and told to stay out of what Beijing says are purely Chinese affairs.

Markets throng during the day, and men stay out late eating grilled fish or playing snooker.