stay up

English

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Verb

stay up (third-person singular simple present stays up, present participle staying up, simple past and past participle stayed up)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay,‎ up.

   These trousers are too big around the waist. They won't stay up.

2. (intransitive) To remain awake; to not go to bed.

   My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane.

   She stayed up past her bedtime.

   • 2012, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, in Some Nights), performed by fun.:

     Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck
     Some nights, I call it a draw

3. (intransitive, euphemistic) To maintain an erection.

   He told his lover he has a problem staying up.

Derived terms

• stay up late

Translations

remain awake

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سَهَر (sahar)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熬夜 (zh) (áoyè)

• Dutch: opblijven (nl)
• Finnish: valvoa (fi)
• German: aufbleiben (de), durchmachen (de)
• Ingrian: valvoa
• Korean: 새우다 (ko) (sae'uda)
• Polish: czuwać (pl) impf
• Russian: бо́дрствовать (ru) impf (bódrstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: quedarse despierto, empalmar (es), reenganchar (es)
• Welsh: eistedd i fyny

maintain an erection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃起 (zh) (bóqǐ)

• Finnish: ylläpitää erektiota

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