stick to
Britishverb
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(also tr) to adhere or cause to adhere to
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to continue constantly at
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to remain faithful to
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not to move or digress from
the speaker stuck closely to his subject
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informal to be stolen by someone
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Remain loyal; see stick by .
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Persist in or continue applying oneself to, as in I'm sticking to my opinion that he's basically honest , or The music teacher told John to stick to the clarinet, at least until the end of the year . [First half of 1500s] Also see stick to one's guns ; stick to one's last .
Example Sentences
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The author makes the case for Nintendo as a company that has tried, mostly successfully, to stick to a core mission: the importance of play.
Picking out a small opening in the underbrush, Papa raked the dead leaves and sticks to one side with the shovel and started digging.
From Literature
Japan said Tuesday that it would stick to a pact agreed last year.
From Barron's
In these streaming, serial times, a critic may have to watch as many as 10 hours of a show before putting fingers to keyboard, pen to paper, pointed stick to clay tablet.
From Los Angeles Times
German officials “want to stick to it and essentially protect industry,” especially older energy-intensive ones, he added.
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