stay on
phrasal verbstay on
- to continue studying, working, etc. somewhere for longer than expected or after other people have left
- She’s staying on at university to do research.
- We hope he will stay on as manager at the end of his contract.
- She failed her exam, and had to stay on at school for another year.
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