Idiom
stay behind
Meaning
To remain where one is, whilst others leave.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have to stay behind to finish my work.”
“The teacher asked the student to stay behind after class to discuss his recent exam results.”
“While the rest of the expedition team departed for the summit, the injured climber had to stay behind at base camp to recover.”
Examples
simple
“I have to stay behind to finish my work.”
contextual
“The teacher asked the student to stay behind after class to discuss his recent exam results.”
complex
“While the rest of the expedition team departed for the summit, the injured climber had to stay behind at base camp to recover.”
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