Idiom
stay put
Meaning
To remain in one fixed place
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please stay put while I check the map.”
“The dog never stays put; he runs off the moment you open the door.”
“Despite the chaos unfolding around her, she chose to stay put, trusting that help would arrive before nightfall.”
Examples
simple
“Please stay put while I check the map.”
contextual
“The dog never stays put; he runs off the moment you open the door.”
complex
“Despite the chaos unfolding around her, she chose to stay put, trusting that help would arrive before nightfall.”
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