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

I grab it and stick it in my pocket and walk Mav out into the night for the last time.

From Literature

“A lot of this is ‘Stick it to the man, I’m gonna do what I want, and I’m gonna see how far I can push it,’ ” agreed Alfredo.

From Slate

After supper that night I searched the Net on my computer and found out basically that skin grafts are when doctors take skin from one part of a person and stick it on another part that is damaged, hoping it will grow normally.

From Literature

McLean said he would advise any young male ballet dancers who feel out of place to "stick it out".

From BBC

They all looked the same to me, but he’d stare at one and throw it away, nod at another and stick it in his pocket.

From Literature