stay put

English

Verb

stay put (third-person singular simple present stays put, present participle staying put, simple past and past participle stayed put)

(idiomatic) To remain in one fixed place
I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put.

I keep adjusting the focus, but it won't stay put.

Translations

to remain in one fixed place

Finnish: pysyä paikoillaan, jököttää
French: ^{(please verify)} rester là
Hungarian: helyben marad
Italian: starsene

Norwegian:
Bokmål: bli (no), bli rolig, bli der man er, holde seg i ro
Russian: остава́ться на ме́сте impf (ostavátʹsja na méste) , оста́ться на ме́сте pf (ostátʹsja na méste)
Spanish: quedarse en un sitio fijo

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