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Phrase(s): stay out (of something)
1. Lit. to keep out of something or some place. • Stay out of here! • Please stay out until we are ready. 2. Fig. to remain uninvolved in some piece of business. • I decided to stay out of it and let someone else handle it. • My help wasn’t needed there, so I just stayed out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs