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stay up for
verb as in wait
Example Sentences
Others allowed them to stay up for weeks before students voluntarily dismantled them.
“I’m 59. Monday Night Football wasn’t only the game you got to see, but as a kid, your parents wouldn’t let you stay up for the second half unless you know - I had to take a nap,” Payton said.
“I can remember being able to stay up for the halftime highlights and then having to go to bed,” Payton said.
Scott laughed when he said he tried to keep up - rather, stay up - for the games, but the 5-hour time difference often made that impossible.
Scott laughed when he said he tried to keep up — rather, stay up — for the games, but the 5-hour time difference often made that impossible.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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