stick around

verb

stuck around; sticking around; sticks around
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intransitive verb

: to stay or wait about : linger

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Examples of stick around in a Sentence

we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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After originally planning to stay on anyway, Alice has decided to seek other opportunities and would like a letter of recommendation after sticking around for Ted’s transition period. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 All of these players have featured across pre-season, but Iraola will now begin to narrow down his first-team group by deciding which few of them will stick around. — James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Rüfüs du Sol was the last of three EDM acts who drew massive crowds — or, more likely, the same crowd that just stuck around for all three sets — at the biggie Lands Ends Stage. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Of course, with a rotating list of items, this means that not all products will stick around at Costco. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stick around

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stick around was in 1878

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stick around

verb
: to stay or wait about : linger

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