stay put

stay put
разг.
1) не двигаться, оставаться неподвижным (первонач. амер.)

You won't stay put in Tallefer: you're a worse boomer than I ever was. (A. Saxton, ‘The Great Midland’, ‘The First War’, ‘1912’) — Ты же не усидишь в Толлифере, ведь ты бродяга даже больше, чем я.

He cited the wage of each job, and when Phyl asked him why he did not stay put he answered: ‘There wasn't anything in it, Miss.’ (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 14) — При этом он точно сообщал, сколько получал на каждом месте, где ему приходилось работать, а когда Фил спросила, почему он так часто менял работу, Раст ответил: "Не было смысла оставаться, мисс".

2) оставаться неизменным

‘They're not very pleasing...’ ‘Most of them,’ went on the General ‘won't stay put.’ (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. VIII) — - Они не умеют быть благодарными... - Да, на большинство этих типов положиться нельзя, - продолжал генерал.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • stay put — {v. phr.} To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put./ * /After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stay put — {v. phr.} To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put./ * /After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stay put — stay where you are, do not move    He took his dog out of the store and said, Sit! Stay put! …   English idioms

  • stay put — stay in one place, not leave We decided to stay put for our holidays rather than go away …   Idioms and examples

  • stay put — ► stay put remain somewhere without moving. Main Entry: ↑stay …   English terms dictionary

  • stay put — verb stay put (in a certain place) (Freq. 2) We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati Stay put in the corner here! Stick around and you will learn something! • Syn: ↑stay, ↑stick, ↑stick around …   Useful english dictionary

  • stay\ put — v. phr. To stay in place; not leave. Harry s father told him to stay put until he came back. The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put. After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said she wanted to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stay put — to stay where you are. Just stay put until I get the car …   New idioms dictionary

  • stay put — verb To remain in one fixed place Im not moving there, Id rather stay put …   Wiktionary

  • stay put — spoken to remain in one place or position Stay put. I ll be back in a minute …   English dictionary

  • stay put — Synonyms and related words: abide, adhere, agglomerate, be still, be unflappable, bunch, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster, coagulate, coast, cohere, congeal, conglomerate, embrace, freeze, freeze to, get home free, grasp,… …   Moby Thesaurus


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