stick to sth
— phrasal verb with stick uk/stɪk/us/stɪk/verb stuck, stuck
B2 to limit yourself to doing or using one particular thing and not change to anything else:
Could you stick to the point, please?
We'd better stick to the main road, because the other roads are blocked with snow.
If you stick to a law, rule, or promise, you obey it or do what it states:
If you make a promise, you should stick to it.
US UK stick at sth to continue trying hard to do something difficult:
You'll never learn to play the piano if you're not prepared to stick to it.
More examples
- I think I'll stick to my first plan.
- I'd better stick to the rules.
- I find it very hard to stick to a diet.
- We've made the agreement so we have to stick to it.
- He tends to stick to the same old recipes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- stick
- string
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Obeying & breaking the law
Trying and making an effort