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stick around

stick around verb: to stay; to linger; to remain.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To stay; to linger; to remain.
    • If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show.
    • So if the bad boy’s proving elusive, why not try some novel, rewarding activities with a virtuous one? It might get your neurons firing. He might stick around afterwards. And even if he doesn't, you can be content in the knowledge that you and your misguided dopamine system had a good night out.2012 May 14, Susan Carnell, “Bad Boys, Bad Brains”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of stick around

third-person singular presentsticks around
present participlesticking around
past participlestuck around
paststuck around

Questions about stick around

What does stick around mean?
Stick around means to stay; to linger; to remain.
What part of speech is stick around?
Stick around is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick around?
The past tense of stick around is stuck around.

Words near stick around in the dictionary

  1. stick a fork in something
  2. stick a needle in my eye
  3. stick a pin there
  4. stick a sock in it
  5. stick and carrot
  6. stick around
  7. stick at
  8. stick at nothing
  9. stick boy
  10. stick boys
  11. stick bug

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