stay up

verb

stayed up; staying up; stays up

: to continue to be awake past the time when one usually goes to bed

Don't stay up past your bedtime.

She stayed up to watch the late movie.

Examples of stay up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The work, depicting a judge in a wig striking a protester with a gavel, has cost Britain’s Ministry of Justice $67,000 in removal efforts so far, with another $48,000 spent on security and staff overtime while the work stayed up. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

However, visit their website to stay up to date on the current outbreak list. — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Subscribe here and stay up to date on the White House and Capitol Hill with our daily politics newsletter. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

In the days before her baby was found dead inside a hot car, Deja Coleman had been staying up nights with her teething 1-year-old, caring for her two other children and juggling 12-hour work shifts, according to her attorney. — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for stay up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup