stay put
Example Sentences
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Builders say that the extra cost is no longer worth it because these days, manufactured homes often stay put.
I had to hold tight to that tree’s branches to stay put when I realized who it was.
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Most of these homeowners may be unaffected if they stay put in their homes and home prices recover.
From MarketWatch
She started to get up, but the social worker gestured for her to stay put.
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The water in Spirit Lake would stay put, but glacier melt and groundwater released from an eruption could create a fast-moving lahar.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.