"stay hungry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stays hungry [present, singular, third-person], staying hungry [participle, present], stayed hungry [participle, past], stayed hungry [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stay hungry (third-person singular simple present stays hungry, present participle staying hungry, simple past and past participle stayed hungry)
  1. (informal) To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-stay_hungry-en-verb-HqkhgsSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2008 May 17, Richard Corliss and Mary Corliss, \"Cannes Gets Real\" (film review of Tyson), Time (retrieved 8 August 2013)",
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