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Meanings of stick about in English

Be available or ready for a certain function or service.

Usage of stick about in English
1
Roll each of these balls into a stick about a foot long.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
2
Fred decided that argument with a thick stick about four feet long.
The Ivory Trail
3
The leg sticks should be fastened to the arm stick about 6 in.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
4
Later, he was given a plain stick about five feet long.
The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes: A Study of Ideational Behav...
5
Concrete sleeves that stick about three feet out of the ground-
IT
6
Get him out of there! she shouted, waving the stick about.
Marching Men
7
Out, out, or I will lay this stick about your shoulders!
The Hour Glass
8
He thus produced a spliced stick about twelve feet long.
For the Term of His Natural Life
9
Away wi' ye and get it, before I lay a stick about your shoulders.
Tales from Many Sources, Vol. V
10
He then waves the stick about, uttering a spell.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
11
You'll be a hospital case if you stick about in those wet togs much longer.'
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
12
Then give us a stick about it, will you?
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
13
A rope was laid on her horns and the stick about her shoulders, and they started.
Selected Polish Tales
14
Brewdog have been getting a lot of stick about their new "Beer Porn" project.
The Irish Times
15
He bowed again, twirled the stick about his fingers, and then turned and went toward the farmhouse.
John Henry Smith / A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life
16
If any one ever does rope him in, he'll stick about three months, and then beat it.
A Poor Wise Man
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