Please stay by me until we get through this crowd of rough-looking people.
•Stay by the wall and move along slowly.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stay with — ˌstay ˈwith [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stay with he/she/it stays with present participle staying with past tense … Useful english dictionary
give someone or something a wide berth — give (someone or something) a wide berth : to avoid or stay away from (someone or something) I could see that she was in a bad mood, so I gave her a wide berth. • • • Main Entry: ↑berth give (someone or something) a wide berth see ↑berth, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
avoid someone or something like the plague — avoid (someone or something) like the plague informal : to stay away as much as possible from (someone or something) I avoid my weird neighbor like the plague. • • • Main Entry: ↑plague … Useful english dictionary
stay\ with — • stay with • stick with informal I. v 1. To continue doing; not quit. Fred stayed with his homework until it was done. Practicing is tiresome, but stick with it and some day you will be a good pianist. Compare: stick to 2. To stay with; not… … Словарь американских идиом
stay someone's hand — (literary) To stop someone on the point of doing something • • • Main Entry: ↑stay * * * restrain someone from acting … Useful english dictionary
stay — [[t]ste͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ stays, staying, stayed 1) VERB If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave. [V adv/prep] Stay here, Trish said. I ll bring the car down the drive to take you back. ... [V adv/prep] In the old days the… … English dictionary
stay away — verb stay clear of, avoid Keep your hands off my wife! Keep your distance from this man he is dangerous • Syn: ↑stand back, ↑keep one s eyes off, ↑keep one s distance, ↑keep one s hands off • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stay away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms stay away : present tense I/you/we/they stay away he/she/it stays away present participle staying away past tense stayed away past participle stayed away to not approach someone or something Stay away! Don t … English dictionary
stay on guard — be/stay/on guard do guard duty phrase to be officially put somewhere to guard someone or something Thesaurus: to protect or defend someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: guard … Useful english dictionary
stay clear of — keep/stay/steer clear of phrase to avoid someone or something unpleasant or dangerous No one mentioned the divorce, so Lisa decided to steer clear of that subject. Thesaurus: to avoid risks or dangersynonym Main entry: clear … Useful english dictionary
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