stay put
Example Sentences
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But the nuns stayed put after a court ordered them out earlier this year.
From Barron's
“They’d rather rent out their home than sell for a low price, and people who don’t need to move now are opting to stay put and re-list in a year or two.”
From MarketWatch
“By staying put in that pew, a side is taken,” Jud insists to the parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times
Some Sotheby’s salespeople are staying put there on floors the house leased back, but it has shifted all its back-office operations to a vast warehouse in Gantry Point on Long Island.
Will these people vote with their feet, or do they stay put and prevent financial and administrative chaos?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.