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stick to one's text

stick to one's text verb: to limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.

Verb

stick to one's text (third-person singular simple present sticks to one's text, present participle sticking to one's text, simple past and past participle stuck to one's text)

  1. (idiomatic) To limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.
    • You would be doing well on your project if you stuck to your text instead of exploring every new topic which pops up.

Forms of stick to one's text

third-person singular presentsticks to one's text
present participlesticking to one's text
past participlestuck to one's text
paststuck to one's text

Questions about stick to one's text

What does stick to one's text mean?
Stick to one's text means to limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.
What part of speech is stick to one's text?
Stick to one's text is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick to one's text?
The past tense of stick to one's text is stuck to one's text.

Words near stick to one's text in the dictionary

  1. stick to one's guns
  2. stick to one's knitting
  3. stick to one's last
  4. stick to one's own knitting
  5. stick to one's post
  6. stick to one's text
  7. stick to someone's ribs
  8. stick together
  9. stick two fingers up
  10. stick up
  11. stick up for

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