stay home

idiom

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

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Released in 2002, Real Women Have Curves starred a then-teenage Ferrera as Ana, a young Los Angeles woman who aspires to go to college, but whose mother (the late Lupe Ontiveros) longs for her daughter to stay home and lead a traditional life abiding by cultural standards. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025 The crowd was filled with more Canadiens jerseys than usual, perhaps because so many Toronto fans had dumped their tickets to stay home and watch baseball. James Mirtle, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Tariffs on lumber have increased construction costs, and immigration raids have hurt local businesses and caused children to stay home from school. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 Without approval of a new funding bill, many federal departments have been forced to close their doors, and thousands of federal employees told to stay home without pay. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2025.

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