stick it
Idioms-
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.
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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]
Example Sentences
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McLean said he would advise any young male ballet dancers who feel out of place to "stick it out".
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
You can call cobalt a base metal, or stick it with uranium in special metals.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Her curt weekly directive was to take one from the pile and stick it in wrapping paper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
At the same time, we see the advantages that marrying would confer — say if we were to just send in the paperwork and then stick it in a file somewhere.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025
His mother shook her head and claimed she was content to stick it out at South Beach; they could go to Amity Harbor in the morning if they wanted.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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