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stay the distance

stay the distance verb: synonym of stay the course.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of stay the course.
    • He was sure his girlfriend would stay the distance with her addiction treatment.
    Synonyms:
    stay the course

Synonyms of stay the distance

Forms of stay the distance

third-person singular presentstays the distance
present participlestaying the distance
past participlestayed the distance
paststayed the distance

Questions about stay the distance

What does stay the distance mean?
Stay the distance means synonym of stay the course.
What part of speech is stay the distance?
Stay the distance is a verb.
What is the past tense of stay the distance?
The past tense of stay the distance is stayed the distance.

Words near stay the distance in the dictionary

  1. stay over
  2. stay put
  3. stay tackle
  4. stay tackles
  5. stay the course
  6. stay the distance
  7. stay the night
  8. stay time
  9. stay times
  10. stay together
  11. stay tuned

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