Collocations for "stay"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stay" in context.
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stay
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- stay [still, put, in one place]
- will not stay [still]
- stay at [work, school, home]
- stay until [9 PM]
- stay [in, out] all day
- stay with [him, her husband] (even though)
- staying at [his, a friend's] house
- stay in a [hotel, hostel]
- stay over
- stay for [two hours]
- stay for [a drink, dinner]
- stay up all night
- stay (for) the night
- stay awhile
- stay (right) where you are
- stay ahead of the [class, curve, work]
- stay up to date on [her life, popular culture]
- stay informed (about)
- stay connected to the [world, community]
- stay tuned (for)
- stay [quiet, hidden]
- stay through the [hard, tough] times
- stay away from [violence, drugs, that neighborhood]
- stay away from me
- someone who [will, can] stay the course
- stay your [hand, golf club] before
- stay the [execution, order, judgment, case]
- stay classy!
- a [short, long, brief] stay [at, in]
- a [two] -[day, week] stay [at]
- an [extended, overnight] stay (in a hotel)
- enjoy your stay!
- the [guests, family] had to cut their stay short
- they (had to) cut short their stay
- the [criminal, murderer] was [given, granted] a stay of [execution, prosecution]
- [grant, order] a stay of [execution]
- [fastened, laced] the stays [on, of] the corset
- UK: the [short, long] -stay car park
'stay' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Easter
- OK
- abreast
- accommodation
- accordance
- active
- affair
- again
- alert
- alive
- awake
- awhile
- battle
- beat
- bedroom
- beg
- best
- board
- brief
- cabin
- calm
- certainly
- chilly
- choose
- classy
- clear
- coffee
- collected
- command
- compel
- competitive
- composed
- connected
- contact
- convenient
- convince
- corner
- current
- dad
- desire
- detached
- diet
- direct
- disappointed
- distance
- dump
- duration
- either
- else
- enjoy