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stick it to

stick it to verb: to assert one's power in an attempt to get revenge or prove a point; to show who's boss.

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic, informal) To assert one's power in an attempt to get revenge or prove a point; to show who's boss.

Forms of stick it to

third-person singular presentsticks it to
present participlesticking it to
past participlestuck it to
paststuck it to

Words formed from stick it to

Questions about stick it to

What does stick it to mean?
Stick it to means to assert one's power in an attempt to get revenge or prove a point; to show who's boss.
What part of speech is stick it to?
Stick it to is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick it to?
The past tense of stick it to is stuck it to.

Words near stick it to in the dictionary

  1. stick in the muds
  2. stick insect
  3. stick insects
  4. stick it
  5. stick it out
  6. stick it to
  7. stick it to the man
  8. stick lac
  9. stick letter
  10. stick letters
  11. stick like shit

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