stay put

1. Remain in a fixed or established position, as in I can't get that trellis to stay put, or I'm coming, just stay put till I get there. [First half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

“I absolutely do. And I think—that is —I hope you understand mine. Meaning, if you’d rather stay put for a bit, then I would, too.”

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But Lady Constance would not stay put; she raced from window to window and peered out to see if the Widow Ashton’s carriage had arrived.

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Some Sotheby’s salespeople are staying put there on floors the house leased back, but it has shifted all its back-office operations to a vast warehouse in Gantry Point on Long Island.

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Will these people vote with their feet, or do they stay put and prevent financial and administrative chaos?

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That means the travel points, cash-back bonuses, and lounge access that have come to define rewards and premium cards are likely to stay put.

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