Antonyms for stay the course
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stey |
| Phonetic Transcription : steɪ |
- abstain
- alleviate
- avoid
- be calm
- be lazy
- cease
- check
- comfort
- contradict
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- discontinue
- disobey
- dispute
- dodge
- exclude
- expel
- fight
- forget
- give
- give up
- halt
- idle
- ignore
- leave
- let down
- let go
- make happy
- neglect
- offer
- oppose
- overlook
- please
- quit
- refuse
- reject
- release
- relieve
- stop
- veto
Definition of stay the course
Origin :- "to remain," mid-15c., from Middle French estai-, stem of ester "to stay or stand," from Old French, from Latin stare "to stand" (cf. Italian stare, Spanish estar "to stand, to be"), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally "come to a halt;" sense of "remain" is first recorded 1570s.
- Noun senses of "appliance for stopping," "period of remaining in a place," and (judicial) "suspension of proceeding" all developed 1525-1550. Stay-at-home (adj.) is from 1806. Stay put is first recorded 1843, American English. "To stay put is to keep still, remain in order. A vulgar expression" [Bartlett]. Phrase stay the course is originally (1885) in reference to horses holding out till the end of a race.
- As in persevere : verb keep at; work hard
- As in stand/stand for : verb endure, bear
- As in support : verb endure
- As in sweat : verb worry about; bear
- As in tolerate : verb allow, indulge
Synonyms for stay the course
- abide
- accept
- admit
- agonize
- allow
- authorize
- be determined
- be on pins and needles
- be on tenterhooks
- be resolved
- be stubborn
- bear
- bear with
- blink at
- brook
- carry on
- chafe
- condone
- consent to
- continue
- cope
- countenance
- endure
- exert
- experience
- fret
- go
- go along with
- go for broke
- go for it
- go on
- go through
- handle
- hang in
- hang on
- hang tough
- have
- hear
- hold
- hold fast
- hold on
- humor
- keep driving
- keep going
- keep on
- keep up
- labor
- last
- leave no stone unturned
- live with
- lose sleep over
- maintain
- permit
- persist
- plug away
- press on
- proceed
- pursue
- put up with
- receive
- remain
- resign oneself to
- sanction
- see it through
- sit and take it
- sit still for
- stand
- stand firm
- stand for
- stay the course
- stick it out
- stick with it
- stomach
- string along
- submit
- submit to
- suffer
- support
- sustain
- swallow
- sweat out
- take
- toil
- tolerate
- torture
- tough out
- undergo
- wait out
- wear
- weather
- wink at
- withstand
- work hard
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