stay up
phrasal verb
stayed up; staying up; stays up
: to continue to be awake past the time when one usually goes to bed
Don't stay up past your bedtime.
She stayed up to watch the late movie.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 21 Apr. 2025
But Jesse thinks the weather will stay up in the mountains.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 Apr. 2025
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—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Stay up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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