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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we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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How much longer will Ty Lue, one of the league’s very best coaches, want to stick around this mess? — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Show up for Carter Jensen's second home run of the night, stick around for the catch by Bullpen Coach Mitch Stetter! — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 After their decades observing goatsbeard adapting to polyploidy in the lab, the Soltises can even predict which genes are most likely to get the boot and which are more likely to stick around. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 There may be a new DC Universe under James Gunn and Peter Safran, but Xolo Maridueña is sticking around. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 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 and poke
stick around
stick at it
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20around. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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stick around

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: to stay or wait about : linger
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