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to stick in

to stick in

46 4.1
Quickly add a short remark into a talk or conversation
  • phrasal verb
  • /stɪk ɪn/
  • Informal
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  • So go ahead and buy whichever variety pleases you and come stick them in my elbows.

Anyways, this is what I stick in my app too.

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Examples

  • Let me just stick that back in there.

  • Anyways, this is what I stick in my app too.

    Laura Lee

  • So as well stick these bad boys in this video.

    Carli Bybel

  • I just stick a little bit in here like that.

  • These are hard to stick in.

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

  • I gotta go, but we'll stick a pin in it, all right?

    Mean Machine (2001)

  • Now often you'll have to stick in a few old variables too.

  • lt's one of those songs that sticks in your head... and ruins years of your life.

    A Guy Thing (2003)

  • And now let's rewrite this formula here, sticking in the V's that I've calculated.

  • During the meeting, she decided to stick in a brief comment about last quarter's performance.

Synonyms

to insert
vsto stick in
208 3.5

To put something inside something else

is more casual and can be unexpected rather than neutral
to put in
vsto stick in
54 3.8

Interrupt a conversation to make a short comment or question

is usually casual but focused on interrupting rather than subtlety
to interject
vsto stick in
39 6.5

To say something quickly to interrupt someone

is often casual or unexpected rather than a sudden interruption
to slip in
vsto stick in
19 4.4

To add a small comment quietly to a conversation or text

is more likely to be unexpected rather than merely subtle
to sneak in
vsto stick in
  • Informal
15 3.4

To include something quietly so people do not notice

is similar but often happens unexpectedly rather than secretly
to throw in
vsto stick in
  • Informal
14 3.8

Add a short comment during a conversation

is used both casually and as a clear interjection
to toss in
vsto stick in
  • Informal
7 4.4

To add a short comment during a conversation

is often unexpected and not always planned
to interpolate
vsto stick in
  • Formal
1 9.2

Put extra words or lines into a text, often changing its original meaning

is more casual and applied to speech or events rather than altering text

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

to omit
66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

How Casual

to slip in
19 4.4
to throw in
  • Informal
14 3.8
to stick in
  • Informal
46 4.1
to insert
208 3.5
to interject
39 6.5

Surface Forms

stick in infinitive
sticking in present participle
sticks in third person singular
stuck in past
stuck in past participle

Morphology

stick + in

The meaning 'to place or thrust something into' is directly and literally composed from 'stick' (to affix or push into) plus the preposition 'in' (inside), so a learner who knows both words can infer the sense. This is a common, literal verb+preposition construction found cross-linguistically and therefore readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Stick in may come from the image of someone sticking a small note in a book or sliding a quick joke into the middle of a speech. So, like that sudden slip-in, it now means 'to add something briefly or without warning'.