stick around

verb

1. informal,  (intr, adverb) to remain in a place, esp awaiting something

Idioms and Phrases

Remain, linger, as in I hope you'll stick around till the end. This idiom uses stick in the sense of “stay.” [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Example Sentences

In a new study, researchers found that AI companion chatbots often emotionally manipulate people who want to sign off, trying to get them to stick around and keep conversing.

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From inside his team, the dream is to stick around long enough and to get big enough to outlast the current discourse.

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More surprising than Öhrström sticking around this long is that he wound up there at all.

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Redick didn’t want to credit Golden State, and judging from the number of groans from a crowd that didn’t stick around until the end, it’s hard to blame him.

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He’ll muscle in on a murder investigation — someone in that fire had already been shot dead — and stick around to co-star in this rambunctious series.

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Related Words

• continue 
• endure 
• go on 
• hover 
• last 
• linger 
• live 
• persist 
• prevail 
• stand 
• stop 
• survive 
• wait