Meaning of stay out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To spend time out of one's house.
   intransitive
2. To avoid going into somewhere.
   transitive
3. To outstay; to stay longer than.
   obsolete

Examples

“He stayed out all night in the bar.”

“She found a boyfriend. Not an Italian. She went to the movies with him. She stayed out late. I didn't protest.”

“He stayed out of the bar all night.”

“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.”

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