stay strong

Don't give up

Stay strong is an expression of encouragement urging someone to maintain resilience through difficulty: Stay strong—you'll get through this.

It acknowledges hardship while affirming the person's capacity to endure.

The phrase appears in farewells to people facing challenges and as a general sign-off expressing solidarity: Thinking of you. Stay strong.

Related

grit · determination · hold on · keep the faith · brave · tough · chin up · warrior · backbone · willpower · dig deep · fighter · unbreakable · steadfast · overcome · steel yourself · survive · anchor

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Opposites
resilience and perseverance

stay stronggive up

Stop attempting something

give in · break down · fall apart · surrender · quit

emotional composure

stay strongbreak down

Fail mechanically or emotionally

fall apart · lose it · crack · crumble · go to pieces

moral or principled stance

stay stronggive in

Cease resistance, concede

cave · capitulate · sell out · back down · bend

Family

stay, strong, stays, stayed, staying, stayer, strongly, stronger, strongest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G