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stay away

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Verb1.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?"
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? stay away
vi (→ von) → wegbleiben; (from person) → sich fernhalten; to stay away from a girlvon einem Mädchen die Finger lassen; he can’t stay away from the pub (esp Brit) → ihn zieht es immer wieder in die Kneipe (inf)


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During the summer, however, I used to stay away from the caves for weeks, sleeping in a tree-shelter I made near the mouth of the slough.
Now if you can't treat just as freely as the rest of thcm, why I know you so well that I know you'd stay away from them.
Poyser considered that on the whole it would be as well for him to stay away too and "keep her company.
 
 
 
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