stay on
Keep your position
Stay on means to remain in a position, place, or role rather than leaving.
Someone might stay on at a job after retirement age, or stay on as caretaker of a property.
It can also mean to keep something attached or in place: I couldn't get the lid to stay on.
The phrase implies continuity beyond an expected or natural endpoint.
continue
Continue firmly onward
- remainStay in place
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- keep goingMaintain forward progress
- maintainKeep in condition
persevere · sustain · stick with · see through · keep at · hang in · last · extend
linger
Remain somewhere idly
- stick aroundRemain in place temporarily
- waitDelay until later
- tarryDelay one's leaving
- overstayRemain beyond appropriate duration
persist
Continue firmly onward
- remainStay in place
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- keep goingMaintain forward progress
maintain · persevere · sustain · stick with · see through · keep at · hang in · last · extend · prolong
hang around
Remain somewhere idly
- stick aroundRemain in place temporarily
- waitDelay until later
- tarryDelay one's leaving