stay over
phrasal verb
stayed over; staying over; stays over
: to sleep at another person's house for the night
Can she stay over tonight?
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And sure enough, Hurricane Erin formed and then exploded into a Category 5 storm, albeit one that predominantly stayed over the ocean.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Things took a turn when Gary recently went through a breakup and asked her to stay over for emotional support.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Villafane said monsoonal moisture could return to the region around Tuesday, but any potential rain or thunderstorms are expected to stay over the mountains and deserts.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
This is the circular path 22,236 miles above the equator, where a satellite moves with Earth’s rotation and stays over the same spot.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Things took a turn when Gary recently went through a breakup and asked her to stay over for emotional support.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Villafane said monsoonal moisture could return to the region around Tuesday, but any potential rain or thunderstorms are expected to stay over the mountains and deserts.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
This is the circular path 22,236 miles above the equator, where a satellite moves with Earth’s rotation and stays over the same spot.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stay over
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“Stay over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20over. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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