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Synonyms and Antonyms of staying
- let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining
absconding, booking [slang], decamping, escaping, evacuating, fleeing, flying, getting out, running away, scatting, scramming, skipping
bailing, bailing out, bugging out, buzzing (off), clearing off [chiefly British], clearing out, cutting out, departing, exiting, getting off, going, going off, leaving, moving, packing (up or off), peeling off, piking (out or off), pulling out, pushing off, pushing on, quitting, shoving (off), taking off, vamoosing, walking out
- stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed
baffling, balking, blockading, blocking, bottlenecking, clogging, damming, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, obstructing, snagging, stemming
concluding, cutting off, ending, terminating
calling, discontinuing, suspending
choking off, reining (in), repressing, squashing, squelching, stanching (or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back
- we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up
- let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel
crashing [slang], sojourning, tarrying, visiting
Synonyms and Antonyms of staying
- beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs
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