camp out

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Idioms and Phrases

Sleep outdoors; also, stay somewhere for an unusually long time. For example, “We camped out in a field this night” (George Washington, Journal, March 18, 1748). In the early 1900s, the expression was extended to figurative uses, meaning simply “to stay somewhere for an unusually long time,” as in She camped out at the stage door, hoping for an autograph .

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Abby and her loyal band of former Fireflies camp out in a mountain lodge near the Jackson, Wyoming fort where Joel lives.

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Instead, the guests camped out in their hotel rooms waiting days for their bags to arrive.

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In Terminal 4 at JFK, British serviceman William Hastings, 31, camped out, enduring a similar ordeal with a different airline, Delta.

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Mr Haw camped out in Parliament Square for nearly 10 years to protest against UK and US foreign policy.

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Crockett, a prolific country-music singer and songwriter from the southernmost tip of Texas, has been camped out here at this storied Hollywood recording studio as he works on an album with producer Shooter Jennings.

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