stray away

Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words

often figurative, meaning to deviate from a topic or standard

strayADVERB + stray

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away

Examples (10)

  • The teachers rarely stray away from the approved textbook.
  • Please try not to stray away from the main point of the discussion.
  • His mind tends to stray away when he's bored.
  • She warned him not to stray away from the path they had planned.
  • It's easy to stray away from your goals if you don't stay focused.
  • The conversation began to stray away from politics to personal anecdotes.
  • Despite the distractions, she managed not to stray away from her studies.
  • We must not stray away from our core values as a company.
  • He felt himself straying away from his true self.
  • Don't let your attention stray away from the lecture.