stay up

phrasal verb

stayed up; staying up; stays up

: to continue to be awake past the time when one usually goes to bed

Don't stay up past your bedtime.

She stayed up to watch the late movie.

Examples of stay up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Back in the Before Times, the pre-streaming era, budding young cinephiles learned about classic movies the old-fashioned way, by staying up past their bedtimes and tuning in to The Late, Late Show. —Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025

And don't forget to follow Allure on Instagram and TikTok—or subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on all things beauty. —Sarah Han, Allure, 4 Mar. 2025

On the night between March 13 and 14, skywatchers in North and South America—as well as parts of Europe, Africa and Oceania—who either stay up extremely late or wake up extremely early will be rewarded with a total lunar eclipse. —Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025

But the day still belonged to Windass, especially as his hat-trick proved to be the launchpad to a quite remarkable ‘Great Escape’ as Bradford won three of their remaining four games to stay up. —The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for stay up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup