stick it

Idioms  

1. Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end . [Early 1900s] Also see stick out , def. 2.

2. Also, . Do whatever you like with it, I don't want it, as in Do that job all over again? Why don't you stick it? , or Tell the chef he can take this fish and shove it up his ass . This vulgar slangy idiom, which uses stick in the sense of “thrust inward or upward,” also functions as a variant of up yours . [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

At the same time, we see the advantages that marrying would confer — say if we were to just send in the paperwork and then stick it in a file somewhere.

From MarketWatch

We stick it out until what seems like the religious end and then slip away.

From Salon

Given the myriad risks facing investors these days — from high valuations in the stock market to worries about an AI bubble and beyond — some might be tempted to take their money out of the market and stick it under the mattress, or at least in a savings account.

From MarketWatch

Later, he showed his daughter a pad and demonstrated how she should stick it onto her pants and suggested she have a test drive of one.

From BBC

So let’s stick it to the billionaires!

From Los Angeles Times