“the stick”

The following 3 entries include the term the stick.

get on the stick

idiom

: to start working hard at something that one has been avoiding doing

the short end of the stick

noun phrase

: unfair or unfavorable treatment

the wrong end of the stick

noun phrase

: an incorrect understanding of something


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