stay home

idiom

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

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The message is clear: respect the city—or stay home. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 For nearly five years, the Chicago Transit Authority paid a small group of employees to stay home and not work at least two days a week, a state watchdog found. Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025 The hundreds of thousands of parents with young children who make up our workforce would stay home from their jobs. Shayla Williams Fender, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025 Division winners can stay home for now The Detroit Lions withdrew their proposal to reseed teams for the playoffs — in order of record rather than awarding the first four spots to division winners — before a vote was taken. Dave Campbell, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025 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 17 Jun. 2025.

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