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View synonyms for make stick

make stick



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Idioms and Phrases

Make effective or permanent, as in They tried to appeal but our lawyers made the verdict stick . This idiom uses stick in the sense of “adhere.” [First half of 1900s]
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Example Sentences

None of these are true, it's merely a diversion, and one that they're going to potentially make stick with trans people.

From Salon

Now he has a decision to make: Stick with his boyhood club or seek riches elsewhere.

The cases of the week involving two-bit schemers and has-beens are easy enough to make stick.

The decades Mr. Biden spent cultivating a moderate image, paired with the conciliatory tone he has adopted toward Republicans in public, has allowed him to push his agenda without facing charges of socialism — a label his opponents unsuccessfully tried to make stick during the presidential campaign.

You’re given a ton of freedom over customizing the controls in the Jabra app, and those changes — like any EQ adjustments you make — stick with the earbuds from device to device.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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