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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Guests staying over on Saturday night at Hotel Oasis can enjoy a festive beachfside BBQ buffet, including the region’s famed chocolate clams, cooked almejas tatemadas style—buried in sand and roasted over hot coals.
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Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Amelia lived with her for a time in New York, and while in college at Brown University, Joanna would meet friends in the city and stay over.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Though the country received about 3.5 million stay over and cruise visitors from the U.S. last year, officials believe the number would be higher, if not for the travel advisory.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Amelia lived with her for a time in New York, and while in college at Brown University, Joanna would meet friends in the city and stay over.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Though the country received about 3.5 million stay over and cruise visitors from the U.S. last year, officials believe the number would be higher, if not for the travel advisory.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Stay over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20over. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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