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RELATED WORDS : hard put put put about put across put aside put away put back put behind bars put differently put down put forth put forward put in put it to put off put on put on airs put on the line put one across put one over put option put out put out feelers put over put paid to put right put something over put straight put through put to death put to rights put to sleep put to work put together put under put up put up job put up to put up with put upon shot put stay stay at stay away stay fresh stay in line stay in place stay of execution stay off stay on stay over stay together stay up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb stay put has 1 sense

• stay put(v = verb.motion) stay, stick, stick around - stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"
is one way to stay in place
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

stay put

abide, adhere, agglomerate, be still, be unflappable, bunch, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster, coagulate, coast, cohere, congeal, conglomerate, embrace, freeze, freeze to, get home free, grasp, grow together, hang on, hang together, hold, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold together, hold up, hug, keep quiet, lie still, mark time, mass, not breathe, not budge, not stir, persist, remain, remain firm, remain motionless, repose, rest, ride it out, set, solidify, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat, stand still, stay, stick, stick fast, stick it out, stick together, take hold of, tarry, tread water, weather, weather the storm

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