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

"Roll up the map, and stick it through your belt for now, boy," he said roughly.

From Literature

There are still voices in government who reckon they can keep their heads down and stick it out.

From BBC

“They collapse the boat, stick it in the bottle, and pull it up again with a string. It’s a trick, not a Wonder.”

From Literature

If they were able to stick it out till the end, their only payment was a calf.

From Literature

“To stick it to the incumbent of your own party might be OK if that person is viewed as a failure. … The fact is, Newsom is not unpopular. This guy’s had four massive victories in California,” he said, listing Newsom’s two elections in 2018 and 2022, defeating a recall in 2021 and overwhelmingly passing Proposition 50 last year.

From Los Angeles Times