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stay up for

VERB

wait

Synonyms

STRONGEST

await delay expect hang linger remain stand by stay stick around watch

STRONG

abide anticipate bide dally foresee stall tarry

WEAK

bide one's time cool it fill time hang around hang onto your hat hang out hold back hold everything hold on hold the phone hole up keep shirt on lie in wait lie low look for look forward to mark time put on hold save it sit tight sit up for sweat it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance go hurry leave rush

STRONG

carry on move

WEAK

carry out do forge forward go ahead

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It is a dilemma plenty of people in the UK will be wrestling with over the next few weeks - stay up for the match, or catch up the morning after.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"There's going to be one more hike before year-end and we're going to see rates stay up for a while because inflation is not yet close to their target."

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

They thought it would stay up for a year or two, at best.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

But whenever Adama visited, his mother said, they’d stay up for hours talking about her life as a girl and his plans for the future.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Of course, this long flight would be undertaken only if no harm came to the astronauts on the earlier Gemini flights, which were scheduled to stay up for four days, and then eight days.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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