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stayed frosty

stayed frosty is the simple past and past participle of stay frosty.

Meaning of stay frosty

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To be alert and ready for action, without letting one's fear or other emotions get in the way.
    • 1986, 'Corporal Hicks', Aliens (movie): We're all in strung out shape, but stay frosty, and alert
  2. (slang) To keep one's cool.
    • Chill out, stay frosty, be cool.1991, Leigh Daniels, The Basque Swallow, page 197
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, frosty.
    • Nonetheless, the fact of sanctions ensured that Tokyo-Pyongyang relations would stay frosty.1988, Country Report: China, North Korea, page 36

Questions about stayed frosty

What is stayed frosty the simple past and past participle of?
Stayed frosty is the simple past and past participle of stay frosty.

Words near stayed frosty in the dictionary

  1. stayed
  2. stayed at home
  3. stayed away
  4. stayed back
  5. stayed behind
  6. stayed frosty
  7. stayed in
  8. stayed in one's lane
  9. stayed loose
  10. stayed on
  11. stayed out

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