Be real
Stay
Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Please note that to qualify for this trope, the settings must be real-world places, and that the characters have an actual place to stay and aren't always traveling (that would be Walking the Earth).
Source: World Tour -
Tabuki's fiancee, Yuri, would like to stay together to form a fake family that would eventually in her eyes be real, a hope that Tabuki abandons, and their true love was their common friend Momoka... who either died or disappeared from this world.
Source: Anime / Mawaru-Penguindrum
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Stay and Be real. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/be_real/stay
Be real & Stay. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/be_real/stay>.
Stay or Be real. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/be_real/stay.
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