staying put
Holding your ground
Staying put means remaining in place rather than moving or leaving.
The phrase emphasizes deliberate choice to stay despite circumstances that might prompt departure: We're staying put until the storm passes, Housing prices are crazy, so we're staying put for now.
It can also describe objects kept in position: The picture frame won't stay put.
- remainStay in place
- stick aroundRemain in place temporarily
- persistContinue firmly onward
- hold tightMaintain firm grasp
- lingerStay beyond necessity
sit tight · stand pat · homebound · anchored · stationary · rooted · localized · immobile · keep · settled · sedentary · steadfast · entrenched · hunker · dug in · grounded · motionless · standing still
- staying putwait, linger, waiting, remain, lingering
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- Moving Statusrelocating, relocated, moving, moved, in transit
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility
- loyalty actskeeping secrets, keeping faith
- dawdlingdawdling, dallying, dilly-dallying, lingering, loitering
staying putleaving
Act of going away
going · departing · moving · relocating · taking off
staying putmoving away
Changing residence location
relocating · uprooting · starting over · moving on · branching out
staying puttaking action
Initiating purposeful effort
stirring · budging · acting · mobilizing · shaking a leg
stay, put, stays, stayed, staying, stayer, stayers, puts, putting