here to stay
Fixed in place
Here to stay describes something that has become permanent or established and won't be going away.
The phrase often marks acceptance of a new reality: Like it or not, social media is here to stay.
It can apply to trends, technologies, people, or circumstances that have proven their staying power.
- set in stonePermanently fixed, unalterable
- foreverFor all time
- for goodIn a final way
- going nowhereLacking progress or direction
- standingPosition, physical or social
mainstream · new normal · adopted · durable · built to last · established · enduring · tried and true · timeless · resilient · rooted · deeply rooted · ubiquitous · normalized · perennial · persistent · embraced · universal
- eternityeternity, everlasting, eternal, timeless, perpetuity
here to staytemporary
Limited in duration
fleeting · transient · passing · ephemeral · short-lived
here to stayon its way out
Becoming outdated or extinct
dying out · fading · disappearing · on the decline · in decline
here to staynine days' wonder
Brief sensation, quickly forgotten
flavor of the month · losing ground · on the decline · yesterday's news · obsolescent
here, stay, hereafter, herein, herewith, hereby, hereto, hereupon, stayed