stay at home

verb

Not to vote in an election; not to turn out; not to make it to the polls

“Democrats were concerned that Mitt Romney might win the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election because millennials would stay at home on Election Day.”

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Meanings

adjectivestay at home (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of stay-at-home.
nounstay at home (plural stay at homes)

plural stay at homes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of stay-at-home.
verbstay at home (third-person singular simple present stays at home, present participle staying at home, simple past and past participle stayed at home)

present singular third person stays at home · participle present staying at home · participle past stayed at home · past stayed at home

  1. Not to vote in an election; not to turn out; not to make it to the polls

    Democrats were concerned that Mitt Romney might win the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election because millennials would stay at home on Election Day.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, at, home.

Translations

Danish blive hjemme
  • blive hjemmeto not leave one's home
Polish zostawać w domu, zostać w domu
  • zostawać w domuto not leave one's home
  • zostać w domuto not leave one's home
Cite this entry
APA

stay at home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20at%20home

MLA

“stay at home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20at%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stay at home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20at%20home.

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