stay put

stay put
verb
stay put (in a certain place) (Freq. 2)
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We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati

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Stay put in the corner here!

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Stick around and you will learn something!

• Syn: ↑stay, ↑stick, ↑stick around
• Ant: ↑move (for: ↑stay)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stay (for: ↑stay)
• Hypernyms: ↑stay in place
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

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phrasal
: to be firmly fixed, attached, or established : remain permanently

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stay put
To remain passively in the position assigned
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Main Entry: ↑put
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stay put
Not to move from the place or position in which one has been put
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Main Entry: ↑stay

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stay put spoken phrase
to remain in one place or position

Stay put. I’ll be back in a minute.

Thesaurus: to remain in a place or situationsynonym
Main entry: stay

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(of a person or object) remain somewhere without moving or being moved

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stay put
: to stay where you are : to not move or go anywhere

Stay put until I get back.

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Main Entry: ↑put
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stay put — see ↑put, 3
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Main Entry: ↑stay

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stay ˈput idiom
(informal) if sb/sth stays put, they continue to be in the place where they are or where they have been put

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He chose to stay put while the rest of us toured the area.

Main entry: ↑stayidiom

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  • stay put — {v. phr.} To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put./ * /After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stay put — {v. phr.} To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put./ * /After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stay put — stay where you are, do not move    He took his dog out of the store and said, Sit! Stay put! …   English idioms

  • stay put — stay in one place, not leave We decided to stay put for our holidays rather than go away …   Idioms and examples

  • stay put — ► stay put remain somewhere without moving. Main Entry: ↑stay …   English terms dictionary

  • stay\ put — v. phr. To stay in place; not leave. Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back. The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put. After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said she wanted to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stay put — to stay where you are. Just stay put until I get the car …   New idioms dictionary

  • stay put — verb To remain in one fixed place Im not moving there, Id rather stay put …   Wiktionary

  • stay put — spoken to remain in one place or position Stay put. I ll be back in a minute …   English dictionary

  • stay put — Synonyms and related words: abide, adhere, agglomerate, be still, be unflappable, bunch, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster, coagulate, coast, cohere, congeal, conglomerate, embrace, freeze, freeze to, get home free, grasp,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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