stay on

present singular third person stays on · participle present staying on · participle past stayed on · past stayed on

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.

   The light stays on even if there's a power outage.

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   How does your hat manage to stay on in such strong wind?

2. idiomaticto continue in a place or situation, while others leave.

   After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.

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   Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on in there until sunrise.