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stayaway

stayaway noun: a political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.

Noun

stayaway (plural stayaways)

  1. A political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.
  2. One who avoids or stays away.
  3. One who does not attend something, such as a sports match.
    • The stayaways missed a goal feast, as Liverpool's Fernando Torres scored a hat trick in the first 17 minutes.2009 June 15, “Empty seats abound at Cup opener”, in Toronto Star

Forms of stayaway

pluralstayaways

Origin of stayaway

Deverbal from stay away.

Questions about stayaway

What does stayaway mean?
Stayaway means a political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.
What part of speech is stayaway?
Stayaway is a noun.
What is the plural of stayaway?
The plural of stayaway is stayaways.

Words near stayaway in the dictionary

  1. stay-stomach
  2. stay-stomachs
  3. stayabilities
  4. stayability
  5. stayable
  6. stayaway
  7. stayaways
  8. staybolt
  9. staybolted
  10. staybolts
  11. staycate

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