Can and Stay

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Stay and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stay" instead a verb "Can".

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

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Can and stay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Stay".

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

mortal	mortal can	mortal stay
nice	nice can	nice stay
normal	normal can	normal stay
original	original can	original stay
Other adjectives: free, true, dead, entire, bad, infamous, few, last, giant, red.

But when he finds out he can no longer stay at the castle, he decides to stay despite the consequences.

Source: I Choose to Stay
Or come to see if a Girls' Generation member can actually act, stay because she can.

Source: Just For Fun / Come for the X, Stay for the Y
Same can be said for Renton when he can just leave Gekko after episode 26 but he choose to stay for Eureka's sake.

Source: I Choose to Stay

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