Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stay_away

1 sense of stay away

Sense 1
stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away -- (stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous")
       => be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?")