Beat and Stay

Opposite meaning words

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Stay is an antonym for beat in throb topic.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Beat is an antonym for stay.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

good	good beat	good stay
nice	nice beat	nice stay
best	best beat	best stay
long	long beat	long stay
Other adjectives: normal, short, original, bad, quick, main, crazy, last, occasional, giant.

person	beat person	stay person
girl	beat girl	stay girl
character	beat character	stay character
mode	beat mode	stay mode
Other words: guy, army, time, way, level, game, head, mother, hell, anyone, times, enemies.

NetHack: Come to see what the fuss is about, stay because "this shit won't beat me."

Source: Just For Fun / Come for the X, Stay for the Y
Ramza insists she stay, and surprise surprise, she gets kidnapped by people Ramza could easily beat up.

Source: Nice Job Breaking It Hero / Video Games
It used electronica and beat loops to nice effects, but Wooder didn't stay in the band.

Source: Music / Archive

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