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单词 sticking around
释义

stick around

verb

stuck around; sticking around; sticks around

intransitive verb

: to stay or wait about : linger

Synonyms

  • abide
  • dwell
  • hang around
  • remain
  • stay
  • tarry
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Example Sentences

we stuck around afterwards to help clean up

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

sticking around 1 of 2

adjective

as in running on

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • running on
  • holding on
  • holding up
  • keeping up
  • staying
  • carrying through
  • lasting
  • enduring
  • abiding
  • persisting
  • surviving
  • tarrying
  • residual
  • remaining
  • continuing
  • lingering
  • biding
  • perduring
  • leftover
  • prevailing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dying (down)
  • letting up
  • waning
  • winding up
  • subsiding
  • moderating
  • abating
  • ebbing
  • ending
  • dying
  • passing
  • finishing
  • concluding
  • closing
  • stopping
  • terminating
  • leaving off
  • lapsing
  • expiring
  • quitting
  • discontinuing
  • ceasing
  • desisting
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sticking around

2 of 2

verb

present participle of stick around
as in hanging around
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time we stuck around afterwards to help clean up

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hanging around
  • remaining
  • waiting
  • staying
  • dwelling
  • hanging on
  • holding on
  • abiding
  • lingering
  • awaiting
  • tarrying
  • loitering
  • dawdling
  • overstaying
  • dallying
  • outstaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • taking off
  • getting off
  • buzzing (off)
  • shoving (off)
  • pulling out
  • packing (up or off)
  • bailing out
  • bugging out
  • walking out
  • clearing out
  • pushing off
  • pushing on
  • peeling off
  • moving
  • leaving
  • going
  • exiting
  • running away
  • departing
  • clearing off
  • getting out
  • cutting out
  • bailing
  • quitting
  • piking (out or off)
  • going off
  • flying
  • escaping
  • skipping
  • fleeing
  • vamoosing
  • evacuating
  • absconding
  • booking
  • scramming
  • decamping
  • abandoning
  • forsaking
  • vacating
  • deserting
  • scatting
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