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stay over

stay over verb: to stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sleep over.

Verb

stay over (third-person singular simple present stays over, present participle staying over, simple past and past participle stayed over)

  1. To stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sleep over.
    • Mum, can I stay over at a friend's house tomorrow?

Synonyms of stay over

All synonyms of stay over

Forms of stay over

third-person singular presentstays over
present participlestaying over
past participlestayed over
paststayed over

Questions about stay over

What does stay over mean?
Stay over means to stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sleep over.
What part of speech is stay over?
Stay over is a verb.
What is the past tense of stay over?
The past tense of stay over is stayed over.

Words near stay over in the dictionary

  1. stay in
  2. stay in one's lane
  3. stay loose
  4. stay on
  5. stay out
  6. stay over
  7. stay put
  8. stay tackle
  9. stay tackles
  10. stay the course
  11. stay the distance

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