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stayed put

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

Meaning of stay put

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To remain in one fixed place
    • I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put.

Questions about stayed put

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

Words near stayed put in the dictionary

  1. stayed in one's lane
  2. stayed loose
  3. stayed on
  4. stayed out
  5. stayed over
  6. stayed put
  7. stayed the course
  8. stayed the distance
  9. stayed the night
  10. stayed together
  11. stayed tuned

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