後に残る

remain behind; stay behind

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remain behind; stay behind Used when someone or something stays after others have left, or when something remains afterward. It can also be used figuratively for something that lingers. The exact form 後に残る is the dictionary form; in sentences, it may be conjugated, such as 後に残った or 後に残って.
JA: 危険を考慮して、彼は後に残ることにした。
EN: Considering the danger, he decided to stay behind.

戦争は誰が正しいを決めるのではなく誰が後に残るを決めるだけだ

War doesn’t decide who is right; it only decides who is left standing.

私は後に残るより出発することにした

I decided to leave rather than stay behind.

そして一直線私は後に残るのよ

And I, the star in a straight line, will be left behind.

— ラ・ラ・ランド (2016)