stick together

verb

stuck together; sticking together; sticks together
informal
: to continue to support each other
Families need to stick together.

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Forming bubbles in the beverage, however, is difficult because Coke is mostly water, and water molecules strongly stick together because of high surface tension and cohesive forces. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026 Water the seedling in the pot about one hour before transplanting to help the soil stick together. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026 The couple has experienced numerous ups and downs since their April 2011 wedding but stuck together through tough times, including family rifts, the deaths of the Queen and Prince Philip and Charles and Kate’s cancer battles. — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Breeding pairs of French angelfish (one of the only fish that mate for life) don’t care for their young at all, but stick together to patrol their feeding grounds. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stick together

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