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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

Example Sentences

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Others allowed them to stay up for weeks before students voluntarily dismantled them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

“I can remember being able to stay up for the halftime highlights and then having to go to bed,” Payton said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

“It’s a walkable anthology that will stay up for the entire month of April and people just experience poetry as they go about their daily tasks in Montpelier,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

When months went by and the company never answered, he and a few neighbors got together to stay up for 24-hour shifts, watch the tracks, and count.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2023

“I may stay up for a while. Don’t tell Quinn.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

stay up for

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