stay on

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   to keep following, watching, or aiming at someone or something so you do not lose them

   Stay on the guy in red. Do not take the crosshairs off the guy in red.

2. Oxford15% of films

   to continue studying, working, etc. somewhere for longer than expected or after other people have left

In the movies · 104

• You guys stick with me, you understand? You stay on my ass.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009
• Bill's been unable to stay on one subjectIt's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• Stay on the guy in red. Do not take the crosshairs off the guy in red.Se7en1995
• Stay on overwatchGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• You stay on. Why'd you stay on?The Woodsman2004
• Stay on it.Interstellar2014
• Negative. Stay on the Batman.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Let's split up. Stay on comms.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

From the same entry

• be here to stay
• stay the course
• stay your hand
• stay the night
• stay put
• keep clear
• hang loose
• stay around
• stay away
• stay in
• stay out
• stay out of