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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.

See also: behind, stay

stay behind

v.

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

See also: behind, stay