stay out
Britishverb
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(intr) to remain away from home
the cat stayed out all night
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(tr) to remain beyond the end of
to stay out a welcome
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(tr) to remain throughout
to stay the night out
Example Sentences
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“More like you’re nosing around to see if anybody has anything worth stealing. Now you git out of here and stay out. I don’t want boys like you snooping around my house. Go on, now!”
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“Trying to stay out of trouble, Hubbell.”
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Each time I could swim a little farther and stay out longer.
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The sun is dipping behind the mountains, so I can’t stay out here long.
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“To you, maybe. It’s not something I advertise. There’s people who’d treat me as some oracular kind of mystic; and others would be afraid of what I might do, and their fear is dangerous to me. So I keep it quiet and stay out of the water when people are around.”
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