stay out
— phrasal verb with stay uk/steɪ/us/steɪ/verb
B2 to not come home at night, or to go home late:
Our cat usually stays out at night.
My mum won't let me stay out late.
More examples
- He stayed out last night and I've no idea where he was.
- I've got to get up early tomorrow so I won't be staying out late.
- He gets suspicious if I stay out late.
- He called me to say he'd be staying out.
- I like to let him know if I'm staying out late.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- come round
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woke
- woken
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