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[stick with]{v.}, {informal} 1. or [stay with] To continue doing; not quit. •/Fred stayed with his homework until it was done./ •/Practicing is tiresome, but stick with it and some day you will be a good pianist./ Compare: STICK TO. 2. To stay with; not leave. •/Stick with me until we get out of the crowd./ •/For two months Bill’s boss could not pay his salary, but Bill stuck with him because he thought the company would soon succeed./ 3. To sell (someone) something poor or worthless; cheat. •/Father said that the man in the store tried to stick him with a bad TV set./ 4. To leave (someone) with (something unpleasant); force to do or keep something because others cannot or will not. — Usually used in the passive. •/When Harry and I went to the store to buy ice cream cones, Harry ran out with his cone without paying and I was stuck with paying for it./ •/Mary didn’t wash the dishes before she left so I’m stuck with it./ •/Mr. Jones bought a house that is too big and expensive, but now he’s stuck with it./

[stick with]{v. phr.} To unfairly thrust upon; encumber one with. •/In the restaurant my friends stuck me with the bill although it was supposed to be Dutch treat./

[sticky fingers]{n. phr.}, {slang} 1. The habit of stealing things you see and want. •/Don’t leave money in your locker; some of the boys have sticky fingers./ •/Don’t leave that girl alone in the room with so many valuable objects around, because she has sticky fingers./ 2. Ability to catch a ball, especially football forward passes. •/Jack is very tall and has sticky fingers. He is an end on the football team./

[stiff] See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE’S WITS or SCARE STIFF.

[still] See: HEART STAND STILL.

[still life]{n. phr.} A term used by artists to describe a motionless picture of a bowl of fruit, flowers, etc. •/One of van Gogh’s most famous still lifes is a vase of yellow flowers./

[still waters run deep] Quiet people probably are profound thinkers. — A proverb. •/He doesn’t say much, but he sure looks smart. Well, still waters run deep, isn’t that true?/

[stir up]{v.} 1. To bring (something) into being, often by great exertion or activity; cause. •/It was a quiet afternoon, and John tried to stir up some excitement./ •/Bob stirred up a fight between Tom and Bill./ Compare: WHIP UP(2). 2. To cause (someone) to act; incite to action or movement; rouse. •/The coach’s pep talk stirred up the team to win./ •/When Mary heard what Betty said about her, she became stirred up./

[stir up a hornet’s nest]{v. phr.} To make many people angry; do something that many people don’t like. •/The principal stirred up a hornet’s nest by changing the rules at school./

[stitch] See: IN STITCHES.

[stock] See: IN STOCK, OUT OF STOCK, TAKE STOCK, TAKE STOCK IN.

[stock-in-trade]{n. phr.} The materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. •/Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock-in-trade of their small shop./ •/Anecdotes are often an after-dinner speaker’s stock-in-trade./

[stomach] See: EYES BIGGER THAN ONE’S STOMACH, BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH, TURN ONE’S STOMACH.