What does stay on mean?

stay on

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.32 in modern English

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"How does your hat manage to stay on in such strong wind?"
"The light stays on even if there's a power outage."
"Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on in there until sunrise."
"After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time."

stays on (present, singular) staying on (participle, present) stayed on (participle, past) stayed on (past)

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