stick around

verb

stuck around; sticking around; sticks around

intransitive verb

: to stay or wait about : linger

Examples of stick around in a Sentence

we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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However, there are an equal amount of people who doubt his ability to stick around at the professional level. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025 But Marsh feels less certain to stick around than Stott. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Unlike his more famous literary compatriots, Milan Kundera and Josef Skvorecky, Klima stuck around in Czechoslovakia, despite being forbidden from publishing for 20 years. Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, labels like Ralph Lauren and Sandy Liang showed cropped bottoms on their spring-summer 2026 runways, meaning the look will stick around well into next year. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stick around

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stick around was in 1878

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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20around. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

stick around

verb
: to stay or wait about : linger

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