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stick to

verb sticks to · sticking to · stuck to

  1. To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.) I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.
  2. To follow and remain close to. The suspect doubled back through an alley, but the detective stuck to him.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to.

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verb persist; continue

Españolceñirse a
中文堅持 /坚持 jiānchí

verb follow and remain close to

Españolatenerse a
中文黏

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@misc{stick_to_2026,
  title = {stick to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stick%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}