stay on
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stay on (third-person singular simple present stays on, present participle staying on, simple past and past participle stayed on)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
- How does your hat manage to stay on in such strong wind?
- The light stays on even if there's a power outage.
- (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 until sunrise.
- After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.