stay out

present singular third person stays out · participle present staying out · participle past stayed out · past stayed out

1. intransitiveTo spend time away from one's home.

   He stayed out all night in the bar.

   1 more example

   She found a boyfriend. Not an Italian. She went to the movies with him. She stayed out late. I didn't protest.

   1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Bonasera (Salvatore Corsitto), Paramount Pictures

2. transitiveTo avoid going into a place.

   He stayed out of the bar all night.

3. obsoleteTo outstay; to stay longer than.

   The company had now staid so long, that Mrs Fitzpatrick plainly perceived they all designed to stay out each other. She therefore resolved to rid herself of Jones, he being the visitant to whom she thought the least ceremony was due.

   1749, Henry Fielding, “Which Consists of Visiting”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume V, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XIII, page 29