stay up - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
stay up (third-person singular simple present stays up, present participle staying up, simple past and past participle stayed up)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, up.
These trousers are too big around the waist. They won't stay up.
- (intransitive) To remain awake; to not go to bed.
My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane.
She stayed up past her bedtime.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To maintain an erection.
He told his lover he has a problem staying up.
remain awake
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: سَهَر (sahar)
- Chinese:
- Dutch: opblijven (nl)
- Finnish: valvoa (fi)
- German: aufbleiben (de), durchmachen (de)
- Ingrian: valvoa
- Korean: 새우다 (ko) (sae'uda)
- Polish: czuwać (pl) impf
- Russian: бо́дрствовать (ru) impf (bódrstvovatʹ)
- Spanish: quedarse despierto, empalmar (es), reenganchar (es)
- Welsh: eistedd i fyny