stay on

verb

stayed on; staying on; stays on

1

: to continue to work at a job

She thought about retiring, but she finally decided to stay on for a few more years.

After she graduated, she stayed on at the college, working in the alumnae office.

2

: to continue taking (a medication, drug, etc.)

I have to stay on the antibiotics for a full two weeks.

Examples of stay on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground. — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

And finally, the popular sci-fi epic is settling in for what's hopefully a long stay on Prime Video that started on July 3, just in time for the long Independence Day weekend in the United States. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 July 2026

Fable is priced at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens on the API, according to Anthropic’s model page, so users should decide what work deserves Fable and what can stay on Opus, Sonnet, or another everyday mode returns. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Rhymes for stay on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon