stay with

phrasal verb

stayed with; staying with; stays with

1

: to be remembered by and to continue to influence or affect (someone) in some way

The memory of that tragic day has stayed with her ever since.

2

: to continue using or doing (something)

Stay with the medication for a couple more days and see if the rash clears up.

I know the work is hard, but if you just stay with it for a while longer, it'll be done.

3

: to go or make progress at the same rate as (someone) : to keep even with (someone) in a race, competition, etc.

The other runners struggled to stay with the leader.

Examples of stay with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What stays with us is a sense not of impersonation but of surplus feeling. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

Fortunately, my mom stayed with us for a few weeks to help care for the baby, who was about to have his first birthday. —Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

Really, really happy about how the guys just kind of stayed with it for a full 60 minutes. —Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

But by the end of the transfer window, Christensen had suffered an Achilles injury and Flick had decided Garcia would stay with his first team. —Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025