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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stick it out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To persist or continue to the end.
    • Plenty of people begin the training, but few stick it out for the year or two necessary to become proficient.
    • It is not that I predict a plea deal for Trump to withdraw, or a new stinginess among donors who see his legal bills mounting, or a health scare. But DeSantis must look at the historic record and see that a big part of becoming president is just sticking it out. 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
    • A letter from the Stationmaster was issued to all the staff, thanking them for "sticking it out" through one of the most difficult periods ever experienced at Redhill. None of them will easily forget Christmas, 1957. 1958 March 14, M. W. G. Skinner, “Christmas Fortnight at Redhill”, in Railway Magazine, page 169:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stuck it out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuck it out Tense=Past lexicographic
sticks it out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sticking it out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

stick out

Translations (8)

gl persistir (to persist) · ru держа́ться (to persist) · gl perseverar (to persist) · pl wytrzymać do końca (to persist) · pl przemęczyć się (to persist) · pl wytrzymywać do końca (to persist) · de durchziehen (to persist) · ru выде́рживать (to persist)