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
Britton	['britən]
Dieuwer	-	Frisian
Dalia (2)	-	Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Pasquale	-	Italian
Doug	[dʌg]
ComhghÁN	-	Irish