to stick together
133
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /stɪk təˈɡɛðər/
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mantenerse unidos
- Stick together and we'll be all right.
When you're fleeing war, you're going to stick together like they do in the camps at Calais.
- When you're fleeing war, you're going to stick together like they do in the camps at Calais.
- And poor people got to stick together, man, I tell you, I tell you.
- I wish, you know, more people stuck together like that, you know?
- They've learned to all stick together, which is something else English people don't do.
- But two things they have, they're vicious and they stick together.
- So we don't really have much to do and then just absolutely send it non-stop, but we still have to stick together as a complete group.
Examples
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And if we stick together, everything's going to be okay.
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This is what we can do if we stick together and stand as one people, one country.
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Second, stick together with us and with each other.
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And poor people got to stick together, man, I tell you, I tell you.
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We have to stick together in all this, man.
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But I think they know how important it is to me that they stick together, that they feel like they have each other.
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We're going to stick together like we always do.
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I think we all need to stick together.
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We have to stick together.
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In tough times, it is crucial that we stick together as a community.
Synonyms
274
2.7
Join with others to work for the same goal
140
2.1
Remain close and loyal to each other during hard times
90
3.4
Keep parts or people joined and working as one
57
3.4
To work together with others to achieve a common goal
34
3.1
Join with other people to work together for a common purpose
33
3.4
To join others to support the same cause
24
2.7
To work together with others for the same goal
20
2.6
To help and encourage each other during difficult times
9
4.4
Come together to support each other in hard times
5
3.8
To come together and support the same cause
3
3.5
To make a team stay united and work well under pressure
2
4.1
To stay united and help each other in hard times
Antonyms
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remain united and support each other' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'stick' (to stay with or persist) and 'together' (jointly). This verb + adverb composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase stick together may come from the simple image of separate sticks tied together. A single stick breaks easily, but a tied group of sticks stays strong, so the phrase means 'to remain united and support each other'.