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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]

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How to use stay put in a sentence

Partly because he can't stay put, Palmer is among the best conditioned of major leaguers.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under the harsh sun and roaring sand of the wild Namib Desert, even the most intrepid find it impossible to stay put.
Namibia’s Spooky Skeleton Coast|Nina Strochlic|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he decided to stay put and create a haven for secularists in his hostile hometown.
Atheist Ex-Pastor Jerry DeWitt’s Mission to Red America|David Masciotra|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They were taken over to a Disney firehouse and told to stay put.
‘Escape From Tomorrow’: Making Disney’s Worst Nightmare|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Lee also touted a "wicked second season of Nashville," which will stay put at 10 p.m. on Wednesdays.
ABC Announces 2013-14 Schedule: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Gets Tuesday Berth, 'Super Fun Night' Gets 'Modern Family' Lead-In|Jace Lacob|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If the plantation didn't produce, though, you can bet Bull McGinty wouldn't stay put.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne
Yes, and everything is all fixed up for company, even if it doesnt exactly stay put with all of us.
Betty Lee, Freshman|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
You'll stay put, until we see if we can ship you out with the construction boys to the Calgary side.
Northwest!|Harold Bindloss
"All right, buster," the man said contemptuously, apparently deciding that Orsino would stay put.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
I've been moving round considerable all my life long and now I expect I'll just stay put.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick

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