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Stick around   /stɪk ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Stick around

verb
1.
Be available or ready for a certain function or service.  Synonyms: stand by, stick about.
2.
Stay put (in a certain place).  Synonyms: stay, stay put, stick.  "Stay put in the corner here!" , "Stick around and you will learn something!"  Antonym: move.






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"Stick around" Quotes from Famous Books



... to set out for India, and, fearing that in his absence vandals might destroy a picturesque ruin on his estate, he said to his steward: "I want you to build a wall here"—he drew a tiny furrow with his stick around the ruin—"a ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... down to Wall Street and into the offices of the top brokerage firms and into the sanctum sanctorums of the wealthiest of mucky-mucks but had been too impatient to stick around long enough to possibly hear something that might be profitable. He admitted, grudgingly, that he wouldn't have known what to listen for anyway. Frustrated there, he had gone back uptown and finally located the hangout of one of ...
— The Common Man • Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

... to Chance. "See here, Chance, you and me's pals. No, you ain't comin' this trip. You stick around and keep your eye on me stock. What's mine is yourn exceptin' the rooster. Speakin' poetical, he belongs to them hens. If he ain't here when I get back, I can pretty nigh tell by the leavin's where he is. When I git back I ...
— Sundown Slim • Henry Hubert Knibbs

... want you to get hurt, kid," replied Bud, smiling at the other's enthusiasm, "but I have an idea that I can use you somehow. Just stick around for a day or two and I'll show you how to 'walk' sheep so your ...
— The Free Range • Francis William Sullivan

... to get hurt, kid," replied Bud, smiling at the other's enthusiasm, "but I have an idea that I can use you somehow. Just stick around for a day or two and I'll show you how to 'walk' sheep ...
— The Free Range • Francis William Sullivan



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