Go ahead
Stay
Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Both terms in one sentence
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The only way I can make this goddamn toupee to stay on is by magnetizing the entire upper left quadrant of my skull, so you just go ahead and do what you do.
Source: Only a Flesh Wound - The Lion King 1½: Trying to break Simba and Nala up, Timon throws a beehive at them... only for the hive to go ahead and the bees to stay right above his head.
Source: Epic Fail / Film -
Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand: After Warren finds out that his fiancee Louise is planning to kill him, he hands her the intended murder weapon and tells her to go ahead if she really wants to.
Source: Series / Hollyoaks
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