stay behind

Speech parts

1. stay behind - Noun

2. stay behind - Verb

Meaning

stay behind (plural stay behinds)

Alternative form of stay-behind

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay,‎ behind.

(idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.

One who remains when expected to leave or after others have left.

(military) An agent who lives in a foreign country, and can be activated in certain circumstances.

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Examples

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera. Matthew Vaughn

There's nothing to gain when there's nothing to be lost. There's nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost. Make the decision that you can be who you can be, You can be. Tasting the fruit come to the Liberty Tree. Peter Gabriel

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning? Jodi Picoult

The sun won't stay behind the cloud. Armenian Proverb

Those who don't look forward, stay behind. Basque Proverb

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