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Meanings of stick in English
Catalan
joystick Spanish
palanca de mando A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane.
Synonyms
Examples for "pin"
Examples for "pin"
1
Yet others pin the blame on how the crisis has been managed.
2
She said it was hard to pin point people with extremist views.
3
Through the legs he stuck a similar pin in a similar fashion.
4
I said, 'The Austrian police are anxious to pin this on you.
5
Everybody wanted to pin a case file on you and forget you.
1
Right now I'm removing the right side break pedal and foot peg.
2
Part of it is still hanging from the peg in the closet.
3
The forwards market suggests speculative bets on the peg breaking are building.
4
Next year she will launch an off-the-peg range at more affordable prices.
5
And in one of the last of these holes was a peg.
Usage of stick in English
1
Jebb says she uses a carrot-and-stick approach with companies to encourage change.
2
At that point you get the stick out and say: 'I'm sorry.
3
But the government has said it will stick to its original order.
4
The governor was obdurate in his decision to stick in the race.
5
Social distancing measures might stick around for a year, according to scientists.
6
Try as best as possible to stick with your initial audit plan.
7
The bow-string holding the stick made it whirl in the hole beneath.
8
On Wednesday, he said that central banks' should stick to their role.
9
Our plan is working: we must stick to it, added the Minister.
10
Now thou payest for the stick in the hand of the overseers.
11
They are the stick in the spinning wheel of the modern marketplace.
12
The official said the city would stick with its current housing policies.
13
For any point on the meter stick the following is true: Where?
14
They used the whip and the rattan stick; and twisted his nose.
15
Though finally this year, Emma had managed to stick with her resolution.
16
But Beijing's carrot-and-stick policies and a complicated voting system favoured pro-Beijing politicians.
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Translations for stick
Catalan
Stick through the time
Stick across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Canada
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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