stick at

British  

verb

1. to continue constantly at

   to stick at one's work

2. to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless

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stick at Idioms  

1. Scruple or hesitate, as in She sticks at nothing to gain her ends. This idiom, nearly always used in a negative context, was first recorded in 1525. Also see stop at nothing.

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Example Sentences

That evidence included DNA recovered from a stick at the scene which was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Singh than a random member of the public.

From BBC

Not quite all there in his wits anymore, but he’s got more wild seafaring stories in that gray head than you could shake a stick at.

From Literature

This will include evidence that DNA recovered from a stick at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public.

From BBC

Soon the group moved on to the California Buckwheat and Daniel added that “we have the most native plants in California for one county,” along with “more native bees than you can shake a stick at.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I was enjoying the work, so I decided to stick at it," she said.

From BBC

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• stay
• survive
• sustain