stay back
To remain after normal hoursTo remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
» I told you to stay back.
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2 senses(intransitive)To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
оставаться подольшеostavatʹsja podolʹše
(intransitive)To keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.
держаться подальшеderžatʹsja podalʹše
Examples
25 sentencesI told you to stay back.
Tom stayed to back me up.
Tom told us to stay back.
I said stay back.
deIch sagte doch „Bleib zurück!“! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The police warned us to stay back.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Phrasal verb formed with English elements, stay (verb) and back (preposition).Phrasal verb formed with English elements, stay (verb) and back (preposition).
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Forms
stays back, staying back, stayed back, stayed back| Base form | stay back · to stay back |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stays back |
| Present participle | staying back |
| Past simple | stayed back |
| Past participle | stayed back |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- stay onзатримуватися, зоставатисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
- stay overутримувати, триматиTo stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sleep over.
- stay upUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, up.
- stay outTo spend time out of one's house.
- stay inUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
- stay backTo remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
- stay awayTo avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.