make stick
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None of these are true, it's merely a diversion, and one that they're going to potentially make stick with trans people.
From Salon • May 2, 2023
In both cases, the prosecutors pursued not the most serious charge, but the one they could most make stick.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019
Then how is it that so many have found the charge so easy to make, and make stick?
From Time • Oct. 31, 2016
In one Twitter post, Mr. Trump seemed to embrace a label Mrs. Clinton had tried to make stick: that Mr. Trump has in the past referred to himself as the “king of debt.”
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2016
That's the only threat they could make stick with a man like Tyler.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
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