stay put

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stay put

verb stays put · staying put · stayed put

  1. idiomatic To remain in one fixed place I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put.

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verb to remain in one fixed place

Españolquedarse en un sitio fijo
Deutschsich nicht vom Fleck rühren
Italianostarsene
Русскийостава́ться на ме́сте ostavátʹsja na méste, оста́ться на ме́сте ostátʹsja na méste

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@misc{stay_put_2026,
  title = {stay put},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stay%20put},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}