单词 | to stick it out |
释义 | > as lemmasto stick it out 5. transitive. colloquial. To put up with or persevere with (something difficult or disagreeable), esp. so as to see it through to the end. Chiefly in to stick it out. Cf. sense 20b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist in [verb (transitive)] to stand in ——a1382 maintainc1385 willc1400 to stand fortha1425 to stick to ——1525 to tug out1631 worry1727 to stick out1833 to stick at ——1845 slog1846 stay1956 to chase up1958 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xlii. 164 We stuck it out most of the evening, till we found out how it was going, and then we cleared out. 1863 Let. 9 May in N. Carolina Standard 3 June 2 Many others from a more oily State slipped to the rear, and left the ‘Tar Heels’ to stick it out. 1882 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 17 May (1917) I. 419 I have promised Osgood, and must stick it out. 1901 Washington Post 22 Sept. 8/5 When the crowds are missing the few that stick out the season are more or less indifferent as to the outcome. 1916 E. W. Hamilton First Seven Div. 259 By this method, companies, and sometimes whole battalions, which had stuck out the shell-fire, were overwhelmed and annihilated. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. ii. 509 If you went, I'm durned sure I couldn't stick it out another week. 1963 Ebony Oct. 81/2 Many EE [= Education Employment] students who have stuck out the 10 month period have bagged full time jobs. 2011 Daily Tel. 25 July 23/4 Mothers are usually told they have just to stick it out—not least because of fears that anti-sickness medication may harm the baby. < as lemmas |
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