STAY UP meaning: Remain awake beyond usual hours

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stay up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stay up: Merriam-Webster
stay up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
stay up: Vocabulary.com
stay up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
stay up: Wiktionary
stay up: Dictionary.com
stay up: Rhymezone
stay up: FreeDictionary.org
stay up: Mnemonic Dictionary
stay up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stay up)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, up.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To remain awake, to not go to bed.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, euphemistic) To maintain an erection.

Similar:

keep up, sit up, stay on, stay in, look up, come up, write up, be there, use to, keep in, more...

Opposite:

go to bed, sleep, rest, retire, slumber

Types:

insomnia, sleeplessness, wakefulness, restlessness, more...

Phrases:

Stay Up Late, stay up to date, to stay up, stay up to date with, actively stay up to date, more...

Adjectives:

stay, stick, tarry, hold, steady

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