stay behind
— Phrasal Verb with stay /steɪ/ verbDefinition
B1 to not leave a place when other people leave it: He stayed behind after class to speak to the teacher.
(Definition of stay behind from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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