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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : S : stay up

stay up

Meaning: If you stay up, you don't go to bed at the usual time.

For example:

  • stay up Jeff is sleepy today because he stayed up late last night looking at Web sites.

  • stay up I wonder how many of our students stayed up all night studying for the exam.

Quick Quiz:

Kylie stayed up all night, so today she's
  1. very lively
  2. really tired
  3. fully rested

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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