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

Older teens may also stay up late, wake up late and rush to school without time to eat. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026

Sometimes, her kids will negotiate for a few extra minutes to stay up and read. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Subscribe here and stay up to date on Capitol Hill and the White House with our daily politics newsletter. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Learn more Who looks strong enough to stay up on first watch? — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for stay up

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