Continue
Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Drop it
Both terms in one sentence
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She then picks up a shard and attempts suicide, but the alien regains control and makes her drop it and continue its mission.
Source: Series / The Outer Limits (1995) - Ennui from the prolonged Hacker plot led him to drop it, and he has stated that he has no plans to continue the arc in future threads.
Source: Webcomic / Draw Your Own Story - Morality Pet: Gil pushes Charles to continue investigating whenever the latter just wants to drop it and move on.
Source: Comic Book / The Fade Out
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