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seeing what sticks

seeing what sticks is the present participle 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 seeing what sticks

What is seeing what sticks the present participle of?
Seeing what sticks is the present participle of see what sticks.

Words near seeing what sticks in the dictionary

  1. seeing things
  2. seeing through
  3. seeing through a millstone
  4. seeing to
  5. seeing to it
  6. seeing what sticks
  7. seeing which way the cat jumps
  8. seeing with half an eye
  9. seeing yellow
  10. seeing's
  11. seeing-eye

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