stay behind
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
verb
To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, behind.
Example Sentences
- "Pleasant prospect for us, who are sure to be amongst the unlucky stay behinds!"
- "“[…]Think there may be some bugs left. Deserters, stay behinds, whatever.”"
- "That creates very few “dead spots” for potential thieves to avoid sensors and helps deter “stay behinds”: skulkers who come into the room with a group but remain when others leave."
- "If a twin goes off on a spaceship for a long trip at nearly the speed of light, that twin would be much younger on return to earth than the twin who stayed behind (Fock, 1964; French, 1968; Hawking, 1988; Young, 1992)."
- "Much as Tra wanted to stay behind, as commander of the region, it was his duty to organize and lead the troops going to the North."
- "Ross's fortunes differed sharply from those of the principal Choctaw chief, Greenwood LeFlore, who, unlike Ross, signed a removal treaty on behalf of his people, only to stay behind himself, accept US citizenship, and go on to a distinguished career in Mississippi politics."