stick to
About 4.83 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.
- verb To follow and remain close to.
The suspect doubled back through an alley, but the detective stuck to him.
- verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to.
Similar words
stick by stand by follow stick with bond adhere bind stick hold fast keep on
Word family
stick to it sticking to sticks to stuck to
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