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saw what sticks

saw what sticks is the simple past of see what sticks.

Meaning of see what sticks

Verb

see what sticks (third-person singular simple present sees what sticks, present participle seeing what sticks, simple past saw what sticks, past participle seen what sticks)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result.

Questions about saw what sticks

What is saw what sticks the simple past of?
Saw what sticks is the simple past of see what sticks.

Words near saw what sticks in the dictionary

  1. saw through
  2. saw through a millstone
  3. saw to
  4. saw to it
  5. saw tooth
  6. saw what sticks
  7. saw which way the cat jumped
  8. saw with half an eye
  9. saw wood
  10. saw wort
  11. saw worts

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