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stay hungry

idiom

To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.


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  1. 01

    stay away

    To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.

  2. 02

    stay behind

    To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

  3. 03

    stay in one's lane

    To keep to one's own kind; to avoid intermixing or associating with other types of people.

  4. 04

    stay on

    to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.

  5. 05

    stay put

    To remain in one fixed place

  6. 06

    stay the course

    To persist or continue, especially in the face of difficulties.

  7. 07

    stay tuned

    To remain as a listener or viewer of the particular radio station or television channel to which one is currently paying attention.

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