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Stick around   /stɪk ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Stick around

verb
1.
Be available or ready for a certain function or service.  Synonyms: stand by, stick about.
2.
Stay put (in a certain place).  Synonyms: stay, stay put, stick.  "Stay put in the corner here!" , "Stick around and you will learn something!"






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"Stick around" Quotes from Famous Books



... to stick around no great while. Fact is, I'm in somethin' of a hurry myself. I just stopped in to give you a chanct to do me a good turn. I happened to be down this way an': 'there's Johnson,' I says to myself, 'he's so free an' open-handed, a man's welcome to anything he's got,' ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx

... all right. I ain't afraid. I didn't do anything. I guess I'll stick around till Red ...
— Overland Red - A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... the li'l' darlin'! Hullo, Joey, old sock! Stick around a minute while I scoop a few more beans. ...
— The Pathless Trail • Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

... "Oh, we'll stick around!" Frank put in. "Don't think, for a minute, that any of us thought of quitting the game. Still, I'd just like to know how much longer we have to remain here, and just what we are to do when we get to ...
— Boy Scouts on Motorcycles - With the Flying Squadron • G. Harvey Ralphson

... Now we'll get Purvis to tell the girl that he's heard a peculiar whistling around here this evening. We'll advise her to stick around and go out when she hears the whistling again. That way she'll meet him ...
— The Untamed • Max Brand

... to Chance. "See here, Chance, you and me's pals. No, you ain't comin' this trip. You stick around and keep your eye on me stock. What's mine is yourn exceptin' the rooster. Speakin' poetical, he belongs to them hens. If he ain't here when I get back, I can pretty nigh tell by the leavin's where he is. When I git back I ...
— Sundown Slim • Henry Hubert Knibbs



Words linked to "Stick around" :   move, stay in place, stay, stick about, stay put, wait, stand by



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