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Definition of "stay put" []

  • To remain in one fixed place (verb)

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Use "stay put" in a sentence
  • "She left Twigg from Environmental with Seeley, with orders to stay put until someone came to help him get Seeley to sick bay."
  • "News of the redeployment of C Squadron RCD did come to the notice of 1st Guards Tank Division, but with insufficient impact to alter the general impression that the Canadians intended to stay put or even attack."
  • "Guthrie had gone off and phoned at one point, returning with a frustrated expression and the unwelcome information that they had to stay put for now because there had been 'a development '."
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