stay home

idiom

chiefly US
: to not go out for an activity
Let's stay home tonight.

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Organizers are calling for a nationwide strike on Friday — urging Americans to stay home from work, school and abstain from shopping — in protest against Operation Metro Surge and Immigration and Customs Enforcement action across the United States. Wcco Staff, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026 While some jet card and fractional programs include de-icing or sell de-icing insurance, brokers say the potential extra charges, which aren't known until after the flight, helped convince some clients to stay home. Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Always there has been this pull; to go out into the world and explore, and this urge to stay home, swim in the sea, grow a garden, live quietly. Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 In other words, even folks who bought tickets in advance might have decided to stay home. Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stay home

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“Stay home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20home. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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