stay on

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stay on

verb stays on · staying on · stayed on

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on. How does your hat manage to stay on in such strong wind?
  2. idiomatic to continue in a place or situation, while others leave. Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on in there until sunrise.

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@misc{stay_on_2026,
  title = {stay on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stay%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}