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stick at

stick at verb: to continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult.

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult
    • If you want to dance well, you have to stick at it.
    Synonyms:
    keep at

Synonyms of stick at

Forms of stick at

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

Words formed from stick at

Questions about stick at

What does stick at mean?
Stick at means to continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult.
What part of speech is stick at?
Stick at is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick at?
The past tense of stick at is stuck at.

Words near stick at in the dictionary

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

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