If you stick to something or someone when you are travelling, you stay close to them.
There are interesting hikes inland, but most ramblers stick to the clifftops. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
Stick to well-lit roads. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you stick to something, you continue doing, using, saying, or talking about it, rather than changing to something else.
Perhaps he should have stuck to writing. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
Lionel, you just tell the cops what you saw; stick to your story. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you stick to a promise, agreement, decision, or principle, you do what you said you would do, or do not change your mind.
Immigrant support groups are waiting to see if he sticks to his word. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
She made it clear the government would stick to its policies despite union militancy. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
But one problem is that few people can stick to a diet for long. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
4. to stick to your guns
5. phrasal verb
If you stick to rules, you do what they say you must do.
Obviously we are disappointed but the committee could do nothing less than stickto the rules. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
Police must stick to the highest standards if they are to win back public confidence. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
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stick to in British English
verb(preposition, mainly intr)
1. (also tr)
to adhere or cause to adhere to
2.
to continue constantly at
3.
to remain faithful to
4.
not to move or digress from
the speaker stuck closely to his subject
5. stick to someone's fingers
Examples of 'stick to' in a sentence
stick to
Locals tend to stick to something they know.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You must stick to the plan and the time frames agreed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Bullying through the internet is something that sticks to you.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My players must stick to the plan.
The Sun (2016)
And this time he must stick to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Now he must stick to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Others have been told they are a disappointment, yet still they stick to their unfashionable cause.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You must stick to the plan investors backed, or else get their approval for change.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We've done some good stuff over the last year and must stick to our beliefs.
The Sun (2016)
The Government must stick to its plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It must stick to the terms, so quote your rights.
The Sun (2015)
In the meantime, reformers must stick to their course.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He must stick to that line, at least for now.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But Berlin said he must stick to a fiscal treaty agreed last year.
The Sun (2012)
It must stick to the terms, so know and quote your consumer rights.
The Sun (2015)
Then she must stick to it, keeping track as she goes along to be sure exactly where she stands.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These you must stick to.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That is something I stuck to during my whole career.
The Sun (2009)
The thing about us Australians is that when we say something, we stick to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The town's dark houses were scattered below in the dry valley; they looked like something stuck to the bottom of a pan.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
All related terms of 'stick to'
can stick/to stick
If you say that someone can stick something, especially a job, or if you tell them where to stick it, you are rudely refusing it or emphasizing that you do not want it or like it.
stick-to-itiveness
persistence , tenacity
stick to the ribs
(of food ) to be hearty and satisfying
stick to your guns
to refuse to change your decision or opinion about something, even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong
stick to your last
to continue doing what you know about and not try to do new things, at which you are likely to fail
to stick to your guns
If you stick to your guns , you continue to have your own opinion about something even though other people are trying to tell you that you are wrong .
stick it to someone
to harshly criticize , punish , or retaliate against someone
stick to one's guns
to maintain one's opinions or intentions in spite of opposition
stick to one's last
to keep to one's own work
stick to someone's ribs
to be nourishing and satisfying
stick to your knitting
to continue to do something that you are experienced at and not try to do something which you know very little about
to stick in the craw
to be unacceptable or displeasing to someone
to stick in your mind
If something sticks in your mind , it remains firmly in your memory .
to stick in your throat
If something sticks in your throat , you find it unacceptable .
to stick your neck out
If you stick your neck out , you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong .
stick to someone's fingers
to be stolen by someone
a stick to beat someone with
If you say that something is a stick to beat someone with , you mean that it is used, or could be used, as a basis for criticism .
to stick out like a sore thumb
If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb , you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable , usually because they are unusual or inappropriate .
to stick out a mile stand out a mile
If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile , you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
to poke your nose into something stick one's nose into sth
If someone pokes their nose into something or sticks their nose into something, they try to interfere with it even though it does not concern them.
to get the wrong end of the stick to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick , they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it.
Chinese translation of 'stick to'
stick to
vt fus
[one's word, agreement]信守 (xìnshǒu)
[the truth, facts]紧(緊)扣 (jǐnkòu)
(= continue on)[road]沿着(著) (yánzhe)
[job]坚(堅)持 (jiānchí)
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Nearby words of
stick to
stick around
stick by
stick out
stick to
stick together
stick up
stick up for
All related terms of 'stick to'
to stick it out
( inf ) 坚(堅)持到底 jiānchí dàodǐ
to stick to one's guns
固执(執)己见(見) gù zhí jǐjiàn
to walk with a stick
拄着(著)拐(枴)杖走 zhǔzhe guǎizhàng zǒu
to stick in one's mind
( thought etc ) 铭(銘)记(記)在某人的心中 míngjì zài mǒurén de xīn zhōng