stick at
Britishverb
-
to continue constantly at
to stick at one's work
-
to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But it’s also served deep-fried on a stick at Minnesota’s annual state fair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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 ● Dec. 8, 2025
On Wednesday, Gomes threw a couple other names into the potential mix: Prospects Miguel Vargas and Michael Busch, both of whom are infielders by trade but have yet to stick at any one spot defensively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
“They have a real big future ahead if they stick at it,” Rossdale jokes about the Fab Four.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Then he realized that the "stick" was not a stick at all.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
