Leave
Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.
Stay put
Stay put verb - Stay put (in a certain place).
Both terms in one sentence
- They have to undress him to wash and dry his clothes,but Dixie deliberately delays giving them back because she knows he can't leave naked and it'll force him to stay put a while and rest.
- He was willing to contact their leader, Thalia Grace, for help, but is absolutely furious when they kidnap his friend Reyna and leave him a note that they'll bring her back and warning him to stay put.
Source: No Sympathy for Grudgeholders - Shortly after, however, Pagan excuses himself from the dinner to go interrogate a prisoner, asking Ajay to stay put at the table for a while and leaves him unsupervised, which most players take as a cue to leave and start the main plot.
Source: Multiple Endings
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