Stay Sth/Sb Meaning Thing Person Synonym Avoid Dog

Meaning: If you stay away from something or someone, you don't go near the thing or the person.

• stay away from sth/sb If a dog barks at you, stay away from it.
  
  
• stay away from sth/sb Parents were worried their children might catch the flu, so they told them to stay away from people who were coughing or sneezing.