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STICK BY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stick by mean? 

STICK BY (verb)
  The verb STICK BY has 1 sense:

1. be loyal toplay

  Familiarity information: STICK BY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STICK BY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be loyal to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

adhere; stand by; stick; stick by

Context example:

The friends stuck together through the war

Hypernyms (to "stick by" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


"You'd better stick by the sled," his partner protested.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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