stay behind

phrase

: to not leave at the present time

You can go on ahead. I'll stay behind to help clean up.

Examples of stay behind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Pattinson was originally planning to stay behind the camera, serving only as a producer. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Leaving the skins on while boiling helps prevent waterlogging, and most of the peels will stay behind in the ricer. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

Stewart leaves ladders by his house so any community members who stay behind can reach the roof, and Sierka credits a neighbor for keeping that house standing during Woolsey. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

When content is indexed and retrieved for an AI assistant, its permissions often stay behind in the original system. — Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for stay behind

• countersigned
• disinclined
• humankind
• interlined
• intertwined
• mastermind
• misaligned
• nonaligned
• predefined
• realigned
• reassigned
• recombined