stay with

phrasal verb

stayed with; staying with; stays with

1

: to be remembered by and to continue to influence or affect (someone) in some way

The memory of that tragic day has stayed with her ever since.

2

: to continue using or doing (something)

Stay with the medication for a couple more days and see if the rash clears up.

I know the work is hard, but if you just stay with it for a while longer, it'll be done.

3

: to go or make progress at the same rate as (someone) : to keep even with (someone) in a race, competition, etc.

The other runners struggled to stay with the leader.

Examples of stay with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The best advice is to stay with the NEXT Weather team for frequent updates each day to plan and prepare for the weekend. —Bill Kelly, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

What stayed with her was not the paperwork. —Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

When asked what stays with her from this investigation, Homendy pointed to a personal item recovered with the wreckage. —Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026

The girls stayed with their grandparents in the smallest of ten bahay kubo, traditional bamboo-stilt homes, that hugged a bend of the San Juan and were overgrown with mango and jam fruit trees. —Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026