stay back

stay back (from something)

to keep one's distance from someone or something. Stay back from the lawn mower! This is dangerous. Stay back!

1. To refrain from approaching. Used chiefly as a command: Stay back!—I've got a knife.

2. To repeat a grade level in school: The teacher suggested that our child stay back a year.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Donnchad	-	Scottish, Irish
Aindrea	-	Scottish
Nikau	-	Maori
Taline	-	Armenian
Tara (1)	TAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-ə	English
Alsop	['allsɔp]