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stick
Synonyms and Antonyms of stick
1
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion
2
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
3
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
4
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
Synonym Discussion of stick
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- couldn't get the label to stick
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- antibodies adhering to a virus
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- eggs will make the mixture cohere
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- clinging to a capsized boat
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- the wet shirt cleaved to his back
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