[stick-in-the-mud] {n.}, {informal} An overcareful person; someone who is old-fashioned and fights change. * /Mabel said her mother was a real stick-in-the-mud to make a rule that she must be […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick out

[stick out] {v.} 1a. To stand out from a wall or other surface; project; extend. * /The limb stuck out from the trunk of the tree./ 1b. To be seen […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick together

[stick together] {v.} To remain close together in a situation. * /Stick together in the cave so that no one gets lost./ * /The gang stuck together after the game./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick around

[stick around] {v.}, {informal} To stay or wait nearby. * /John's father told him to stick around and they would go fishing./ * /After work Mr. Harris stuck around to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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