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Phrase(s): stick shift
1. having to do with a nonautomatic transmission or a car that has one. • I prefer a stick shift car— I don’t know why. • The stick shift models are cheaper— that’s why. 2. a nonautomatic transmission. • I can’t drive a stick shift! • My husband took the other car and stuck me with the stick shift.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs