stay put meaning
- Verb: stay put stey pût
- Stay put (in a certain place)
"Stay put in the corner here!"
- stay, stick, stick around
Derived forms: staying put, stays put, stayed put
Type of: stay in place
- Stay put (in a certain place)
[American idiom]
not to move; to stay where one is. (Informal.)
• We've decided to stay put and not to move to Florida.
• If the children just stay put, their parents will come for them soon.
[American slang]
not to move; to stay where one is.
We've decided to stay put and not to move to Florida.
If the children just stay put, their parents will come for them soon.
Examples
- More: Next
- the baby has just learnt to crawl and won't stay put for a minute.
- no, r2, you stay put . i'll have a look around
- just stay put, all right ? i \'ll come and find you
- oh, i have something fun to show you . stay put
- these people stay put in one job all their lives
