Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something

More definitions
  • be loyal to

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom has always stuck by me.

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  2. Do you really want to risk being stuck out here by yourself?

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  3. Tom stuck by me.

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  4. I stuck by Tom.

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  5. We stuck by Tom.

    deWir hielten zu Tom.

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Forms

sticks by, sticking by, stuck by, stuck by
Base formstick by · to stick by
3rd person singularsticks by
Present participlesticking by
Past simplestuck by
Past participlestuck by

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystick by
he, she, itsticks by

Past simpleLesson

all personsstuck by

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stuck by
he, she, ithas stuck by

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stick by

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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