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View definitions for stay put

stay put

verb as in stand pat

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“I absolutely do. And I think—that is —I hope you understand mine. Meaning, if you’d rather stay put for a bit, then I would, too.”

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But Lady Constance would not stay put; she raced from window to window and peered out to see if the Widow Ashton’s carriage had arrived.

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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?

That means the travel points, cash-back bonuses, and lounge access that have come to define rewards and premium cards are likely to stay put.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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