Meanings
verbstay put (third-person singular simple present stays put, present participle staying put, simple past and past participle stayed put)
present singular third person stays put · participle present staying put · participle past stayed put · past stayed put
Synonyms & antonyms
verbbe in a certain place and not leave
Broader
stay in place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish pysyä paikoillaan, jököttää
- pysyä paikoillaanto remain in one fixed place
- jököttääto remain in one fixed place
German sich nicht vom Fleck rühren
- sich nicht vom Fleck rührento remain in one fixed place
Hungarian helyben marad
- helyben maradto remain in one fixed place
Italian starsene
- starseneto remain in one fixed place
Norwegian Bokmål bli, bli rolig
- blito remain in one fixed place
- bli roligto remain in one fixed place
- bli der man erto remain in one fixed place
- holde seg i roto remain in one fixed place
Russian остава́ться на ме́сте, оста́ться на ме́сте
- остава́ться на ме́сте (ostavátʹsja na méste)to remain in one fixed place
- оста́ться на ме́сте (ostátʹsja na méste)to remain in one fixed place
Spanish quedarse en un sitio fijo
- quedarse en un sitio fijoto remain in one fixed place
Cite this entry
APA
stay put. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20put
MLA
“stay put.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20put. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stay put,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20put.
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