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stay back
verb as in hang back
Example Sentences
Hey, William, you're the heir, not the spare, so stay back from the edge, OK?
Why did you not stay back home in Canada and attend to your own affairs, and not butt into something that does not concern you?
Stay back in the door a minute and you'll see the file come out—they've stopped work now—it's four o'clock.
"I thought I told you to stay back," said Si, more intent on military discipline than his escape.
"Better stay back, Dottie, I'll be back in a minute," he said at the door.
Alexia was spinning around, saying over and over to herself, “I won't stay back—I won't.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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