stay behind
— phrasal verb with stay uk/steɪ/us/steɪ/verb
B1 to not leave a place when other people leave:
I stayed behind after class.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- remaining
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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