stay up

stay up (for something)

to remain awake and out of bed for some nighttime event. I will stay up for her arrival. I can't stay up that late.

1. To remain awake: I stayed up all night reading.

2. To remain on display: Their Christmas tree stayed up until February.

3. To remain well informed: They stay up on current trends by reading fashion magazines. I don't know how doctors stay up with all the new research.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wisdom	WIZ-dəm	English (Rare)
Agnethe	-	Danish
Kristin	kris-TEEN (Swedish, German), KRIS-tin (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Jens	YENS (Danish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Vinko	-	Croatian, Slovene
Chris	KRIS (English), KRHIS (Dutch)	English, Dutch