stay put

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

stay put (third-person singular simple present stays put, present participle staying put, simple past and past participle stayed put)

1. (idiomatic) To remain in one fixed place

   I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put.

   I keep adjusting the focus, but it won't stay put.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:stay behind

Translations

to remain in one fixed place

• Finnish: pysyä paikoillaan, jököttää (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} rester là
• German: sich nicht vom Fleck rühren
• Hungarian: helyben marad
• Italian: starsene
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bli (no), bli rolig, bli der man er, holde seg i ro

• Russian: остава́ться на ме́сте impf (ostavátʹsja na méste) , оста́ться на ме́сте pf (ostátʹsja na méste)
• Spanish: quedarse en un sitio fijo