stay for
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stay for (something)
To remain in some location in order to experience, partake of, or participate in something. Are you going to stay for the after party with the rest of the cast? A: "I'm sorry, I really must be going." B: "Won't you at least stay for dessert?"
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stay for something
to remain in a place to participate in something. Would you please stay for dinner? I am sorry, but we cannot stay for dinner.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.