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!
See also: back, stay

stay back

v.
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.
See also: back, stay

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lovro-Slovene, Croatian
RosalinROZ-ə-linEnglish (Rare)
GrÁInneGRAWN-yaIrish, Irish Mythology
Anabela-Portuguese
Jackalyn-English (Rare)
Iwonaee-VAW-nahPolish