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STICK TOGETHER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble
Example:
The two families stuck together throughout the war
Synonyms:
stay together; stick together
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "stick together" is one way to...):
remain; rest; stay (stay the same; remain in a certain state)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
Jim and I shall stick together in the meanwhile; you'll take Joyce and Hunter when you ride to Bristol, and from first to last, not one of us must breathe a word of what we've found.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Parkinson's disease is one of a number of neurodegenerative diseases caused when naturally occurring proteins fold into the wrong shape and stick together with other proteins, eventually forming thin filament-like structures called amyloid fibrils.
(Calcium May Play A Role in Development of Parkinson's Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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