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stick in someone's gullet en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of stick in someone's craw.
Some days I wake up and — would you know it? l've done exactly what she's wanted after all but it doesn't seem to stick in my gullet like at school.
2013, Rosanne Hawke, The Keeper, page 3:What began to stick in the gullet was the growing belief during our years in opposition (1974– 79) that the only thing that really mattered was the control of the money supply.
1986, Jim Prior, A Balance of Power:It was a stance that he knew would stick in the gullet of many in his audience in January 1917.
2014, Adam Tooze, The Deluge:If there are things in it that stick in your gullet why ignore them?
1996, The Middle Way - Volumes 71-72, page 255:
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