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stays out

stays out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stay out.

Meaning of stay out

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To spend time out of one's house.
    • He stayed out all night in the bar.
  2. (transitive) To avoid going into somewhere.
    • He stayed out of the bar all night.
  3. (obsolete) To outstay; to stay longer than.
    • The company had now staid so long, that Mrs Fitzpatrick plainly perceived they all designed to stay out each other. She therefore resolved to rid herself of Jones, he being the visitant to whom she thought the least ceremony was due.1749, Henry Fielding, “Which Consists of Visiting”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume V, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XIII, page 29

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

Words near stays out in the dictionary

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

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