stay behind

[for someone] to remain in a place when others have left. I will stay behind and tell the late arrivers where you have gone. Fred always stayed behind to clean up.

stay behind

To remain in a place that others have left: I stayed behind because I had too much work to do.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Preston	['prestən]
Volkan	-	Turkish
Kasimir	KAH-zee-meer	German
Dulce	DOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Rue	ROO	English
Masego	-	Southern African, Tswana