stuck on

Examples

• All

• Next time you are stuck on a math problem, just go for a walk.

• Maybe you are a little stuck on me, huh?

  Gable and Lombard (1976)

• I mean, so like science was stuck on this problem.

• You open it, it says you are stuck on this island for two years.

• Are you still stuck on that big, handsome cop?

  Big Brown Eyes (1936)

• I suspect his spirit's going to be stuck on that island a long time.

  Blog text (18)

• Sweetie, there's just one little part that I'm stuck on.

  The Big Wedding (2013)

• Linda knew this was true, in general, although she was still stuck on one particular fish, a vegetable farmer named Tiny.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We'd been studying Greek mythology in school, and Raymond had gotten stuck on those nymphs.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After thinking about the situation for days, she realized she was stuck on the same issue and needed a fresh perspective.

Synonyms

S

stuck

vsstuck on

294 3.5

Not able to understand or find a solution

is about being unable to move past an issue often caused by repeated thinking

B

to bogged down

vsstuck on

• Informal

21 5.8

To become stuck and unable to make progress because of problems

is an internal inability to change or let go not caused by outside obstacles

G

to get stuck on

vsstuck on

2 5.4

To keep thinking about a small detail and not move forward

is a wider inability to change or let go rather than only small matters

Antonyms

M

to move on

670 3.1

To start the next stage or activity and stop focusing on the past

R

to resolve

623 3.3

To find an answer to a problem and end a disagreement

How Fixated

consuming

5.4

obsessed

245 4.8

stuck on

16 5.1

preoccupied

32 4.5

Surface Forms

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