Usually means: Continue remaining in a position.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word stay on:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. stay on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stay on: Merriam-Webster
  3. stay on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stay on: Vocabulary.com
  5. stay on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. stay on: Wiktionary
  7. stay on: Dictionary.com
  8. stay on: Rhymezone
  9. stay on: FreeDictionary.org
  10. stay on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. stay on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stay on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stay on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stay on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stay on)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.

Similar:
stay, continue, remain, stay in, stay up, sit on, let on, get it on, go back on, get on to, more...

Opposite:
leave, depart, go

Types:
hotel, motel, inn, lodge, resort, bed and breakfast, hostel, timeshare, more...

Phrases:
stay on task, stay on the sidelines, Stay on These Roads, stay on top of, stay on track, more...

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Similar:
stay, continue, remain, stay in, stay up, sit on, let on, get it on, go back on, get on to, more...

Opposite:
leave, depart, go

Types:
hotel, motel, inn, lodge, resort, bed and breakfast, hostel, timeshare, more...

Phrases:
stay on task, stay on the sidelines, Stay on These Roads, stay on top of, stay on track, stay on top, stay on topic, stay on top of things, stay on your toes, to stay on top of, stay on top things, more...



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