stick it out

English[edit]

stick it out (third-person singular simple present sticks it out, present participle sticking it out, simple past and past participle stuck it out)

(informal) To persist or continue to the end.
Plenty of people begin the training, but few stick it out for the year or two necessary to become proficient.
- 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:
  It is not that I predict a plea deal for Trump to withdraw, or a new stinginess among donors who see his legal bills mounting, or a health scare. But DeSantis must look at the historic record and see that a big part of becoming president is just sticking it out.

to persist