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Phrase(s): stick something together 1. to glue or paste something together. • Use glue to stick these pieces together. • Please stick the pieces of the broken vase together with glue. 2. to assemble something, perhaps in haste. • He just stuck the model plane together, making a mess of it. • Don’t stick the parts together so fast. It won’t look good.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): stick together 1. Lit. to adhere to one another. • The noodles are sticking together. What shall I do? • You need to keep the pieces separate while you fry them or else they will stick together. 2. Fig. to remain in one another’s company. • Let us stick together so we don’t get lost. • They stuck together through thick and thin.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Remain united, as in It's important that we stick together on this issue. [Mid-1500s]
American Heritage Idioms