Staying down In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "staying down", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-07 12:08

Meaning of Staying down (redirected from stay down )

Stay down phrase

 

 

To continue staying underwater.

 

 

 

Kids want to stay down a little long.

Staying down for too long will make your skin fall off.

To not getting up from the ground after getting knocked down.
 

After getting a slight punch to the face, the fighter stayed down as if he was acting.

He stayed down because he felt his opponent was too powerful.

To continue lying prostrate on the ground; to keep one's body in squatting or sitting position.

"Stay down!" The police shouted at the theft.

Stay down now! Otherwise, I will shoot you.

(Of food) To stay in your stomach and not make you vomit.
 

Luckily! The rare beef steak stayed down.

Strange food is normally not gonna stay down for very long in me.

Grammar and Usage of Stay down

Verb Forms

  • stayed down
  • staying down

The verb "stay" must be conjugated according to its tense.

In meaning 2,3 the verb "stay" is usually in the imperative.

Origin of Stay down

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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stolen fruit is (the) sweetest

People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.

 

Example:

He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.

 

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