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stays frosty

stays frosty is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is stays frosty the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stays frosty is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stay frosty.

Words near stays frosty in the dictionary

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

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