stick to

phrasal verb

stuck to; sticking to; sticks to

1

: to continue doing or using (something) especially when it is difficult to do so

She stuck to her story about the money already being missing when she got there.

Please stick to the script/subject/rules.

Stick to the marked trails.

If you want to succeed, you've got to stick to it and not give up.

2

: to not change (a decision, belief, etc.)

I intend to stick to my promise/word.

She's sticking to her decision to retire.

Examples of stick to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If this happens and Iran stuck to its old positions, a U.S. military strike becomes more plausible. —Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025

One suggested matching the color of the Squatch stick to the color of your clothes (i.e., using white-colored sticks on lighter-colored clothes, and the black-colored sticks on darker clothes). —Laura Harold, Outside Online, 14 June 2025

The new film, directed again by DeBlois, scrupulously sticks to the narrative formula. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025

For those reasons, Not a Box doesn't feature any jumps to the future or the past and sticks to Riley's perspective. —Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 June 2025

Rhymes for stick to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou