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stay over
stay over (somewhere)
to stay overnight in a dwelling other than one's own. Can I stay over at Jimmy's tonight? No, you can't stay over.
stay over
to spend one or more nights in a place away from home She decided to stay over in Boston for the long weekend. Ask your mom if you can stay over with us tonight.
Related vocabulary: sleep overstay over
Remain overnight, as in We hadn't planned to stay over but the bad weather changed our plans. [Late 1800s]
stay over
v. To spend the night: The roads were icy, so we urged our guests to stay over. We stayed over in Denver and left the following morning.