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Idioms and Phrases

Be very fond of, as in She's been stuck on him ever since first grade . [ Slang ; late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Mr Plunket said: "The benefit is children being children again. They're too young to be stuck on a screen; they need those real-life experiences."

From BBC

He is choosing to go on to a variable rate, because he doesn't want to be "stuck" on another fixed.

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"We can't be stuck on the phone for 45 minutes knowing they won't attend."

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Aerospace medicine is one of three specialties certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine, because surgeons for a given flight tend to be stuck on the ground; they have to optimize the health of their patients and ward off potential disasters before departure.

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If you’ve ever tried to call the IRS only to be stuck on an eternal hold, you know firsthand one of the difficulties facing an underfunded agency.

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