stick to

English

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)

   I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.

   If you stick to your studies, you will continue to improve.

   • 2007, Amanda Lamb, Smotherhood: Wickedly Funny Confessions from the Early Years:

     What I get from work makes me a better mother, and what I get from being a mother makes me a better journalist. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick,‎ to.

Derived terms

• stick to one's guns
• stick to one's knitting