to stay humble
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3.6
- phrasal verb
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mantenerse humilde
- After winning the championship, the team leaders reminded everyone to stay humble despite their success.
- stay humble and work hard
- need to stay humble
- just want to stay humble
And that we just have to sort of stay humble and try all the tools.
- And that we just have to sort of stay humble and try all the tools.
- It's important to stay hungry, but it's important more to stay humble within that hunger.
- But we will be humbled and humiliated unless we stay humble and grounded.
- You know, as you amass more success, how can you stay humble while owning your brilliance?
- He said, Adam, stay hungry and stay humble.
- I was telling them to try saving and just, you know, get some side hustles and stay humble and keep it pushing.
- So you need to keep working, stay, stay humble.
- Just try and just try and find ways to stay humble, man, you know, try to be true to yourself.
- You know, part of me staying humble is just moving, doing what I do and move.
Examples
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So stay humble, but stay hungry.
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"A lot of my coaches help me stay humble; they do a great job," Nkemdiche said.
Blog text (31) -
But we need to stay humble.
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But I also wanna stay humble.
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So, we need to stay humble with the success we have had over the past year.
Blog text (30) -
We want to stay focused, stay humble, and keep getting better.
Blog text (29) -
Stay humble and polite; people want to work with nice and talented people.
Blog text (13) -
The Warrior Kid stays humble, controls his ego, and stays calm.
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Stay humble but confident.
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Like stay humble and you won't crumble and your blessings won't fumble.
Antonyms
How Humble
1
3.6
- Informal
1
7.9
- Informal
1
8.5
- Informal
3
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to continue to be modest' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stay' (to remain) + 'humble' (modest), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the intended sense. This verb + adjective pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the expression immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
Stay humble uses a simple image: to be humble is to stay low or close to the ground instead of standing tall. So it means to stay 'modest' and not become 'too proud' after success.