stay away from

stay away from
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "stay away from":
present tense I/you/we/they stay away from he/she/it stays away from present participle staying away from past tense stayed away from past participle stayed away from
stay away from something to avoid mentioning something or avoid becoming involved in something

We stayed away from the subject of politics.


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