Advance and Staying

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Advance verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.

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Staying is an antonym for advance.

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Advance is an antonym for staying in topics: visit, wait, hold in abeyance.

Nearby Words: stay, stayed, stayer

Writing Lines: Jason has been subjected to this on a regular basis, to the point of doing them a day in advance so he wouldn't have to miss a doctor's appointment by staying late.

Source: Comic Strip / FoxTrot
Egregious in Treasure Of The Rudras, where having only 15 days before the end of the human race is the whole plot, yet days only pass if you advance the story, not when staying the night in an inn.

Source: Take Your Time
Degtayrev at least has the choice to sleep (in order to advance the game clock) but staying up for in-game weeks at a time never has any detrimental effects.

Source: Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

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