staying power
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noun
ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
Origin:
1855–60
1855–60
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| staying power | |
| —n | |
| endurance; stamina | |
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Staying power
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
staying power
The ability to endure or last, as in I'm not sure that this young novelist will have staying power, or Our candidate definitely has staying power. This expression comes from racing, where it means "the strength to maintain speed through a race." [Second half of 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
If she had genius, she lacked stamina, the sticking and staying power genius needs if it is to do more than flash erratically.
What is new is that so many teams, even less glamorous ones, have equal staying power.
They have longer staying power than anything that appears in magazines.
It's the follow-up that shows if the artist has staying power, if he or she is worth keeping around.
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