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Stick around   /stɪk ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Stick around

verb
1.
Be available or ready for a certain function or service.  Synonyms: stand by, stick about.
2.
Stay put (in a certain place).  Synonyms: stay, stay put, stick.  "Stay put in the corner here!" , "Stick around and you will learn something!"






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"Stick around" Quotes from Famous Books



... sisters, thin noses and knitted shawls! Stick around in the back parlour talking about families—whether it was Aunt Lucy's Abigail or the Concord cousin's Hester that married an Adams in '78 and moved out west to Buffalo. I thought first I could liven them up some, you know. Looked like it would help a lot for them to get out in a hack and ...
— Ruggles of Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson

... you're the third guy to-day that I've caught on that! Stick around, son, and sit in any time, and I'll learn you some pool. You got just the right build for a champ player. Have ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... Highness? Nobody loves a fat man, so he has to buy candy so's they'll let him stick around. Le's see; you take chocolates, Bill. Name your drink, Miss Nash." She looked up at him, gravely and politely—too gravely and politely. She didn't seem to ...
— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis

... him, sor? Fr-rum th' way they stick around him ye'd think he was a long-lost rilitive come back ...
— The Cruise of the Dry Dock • T. S. Stribling

... to set out for India, and, fearing that in his absence vandals might destroy a picturesque ruin on his estate, he said to his steward: "I want you to build a wall here"—he drew a tiny furrow with his stick around the ruin—"a ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... to get hurt, kid," replied Bud, smiling at the other's enthusiasm, "but I have an idea that I can use you somehow. Just stick around for a day or two and I'll show you how to 'walk' sheep ...
— The Free Range • Francis William Sullivan



Words linked to "Stick around" :   stand by, stay put, wait, move, stay, stay in place



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