stay with

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Definitions of stay with words

verb without object stay with to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years. 1
verb without object stay with to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean. 1
verb without object stay with to hold out or endure, as in a contest or task (followed by with or at): Please stay with the project as long as you can. 1
verb without object stay with to keep up, as with a competitor (followed by with). 1
verb without object stay with Poker. to continue in a hand by matching an ante, bet, or raise. 1
verb without object stay with to stop or halt. 1

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English staien < Anglo-French estaier, Old French estai-, stem of ester < Latin stāre to stand

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exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
drop by — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.