"stay on" meaning in English

See stay on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-stay on.ogg [Australia] Forms: stays on [present, singular, third-person], staying on [participle, present], stayed on [participle, past], stayed on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stay on (third-person singular simple present stays on, present participle staying on, simple past and past participle stayed on)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
    Sense id: en-stay_on-en-verb-HhBGUgBR
  2. (idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-stay_on-en-verb-PCZhFkMD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 32 68

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stay on meaning in English (1.9kB)

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