I couldn't ask for a better place to serve, even if it means staying a first officer.

"That also means staying out of the water," her father said.

It would mean staying up very late, but right now she didn't see that as a problem.

Detention meant staying after school an hour a day for two weeks.

Killing, in this case, meant staying alive long enough to do so.

That meant staying in the area an extra two days.

In addition, some participants said they preferred to work less and spend more time with their families, even if it meant staying poor.

Sometimes, that can simply mean staying out of each other's way.

Always a good listener, he let her talk, though often that meant staying for three or four hours rather than two.

As applied to Vietnam, this would mean staying out of a fight that was likely to go bad.