stay the distance

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stay the distance (third-person singular simple present stays the distance, present participle staying the distance, simple past and past participle stayed the distance)

  1. (idiomatic) To persist or continue, especially with regard to something difficult.
    He was sure his girlfriend would stay the distance with her addiction treatment.
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