See see what sticks on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "sees what sticks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seeing what sticks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saw what sticks",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "seen what sticks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "see<,,saw,seen> what sticks"
},
"expansion": "see what sticks (third-person singular simple present sees what sticks, present participle seeing what sticks, simple past saw what sticks, past participle seen what sticks)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "throw things at the wall and see what sticks"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result."
],
"id": "en-see_what_sticks-en-verb-~JTdulln",
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"multiple",
"multiple"
],
[
"tactic",
"tactic"
],
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
],
[
"attain",
"attain"
],
[
"result",
"result"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, idiomatic) To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "see what sticks"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "throw things at the wall and see what sticks"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "sees what sticks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seeing what sticks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saw what sticks",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "seen what sticks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "see<,,saw,seen> what sticks"
},
"expansion": "see what sticks (third-person singular simple present sees what sticks, present participle seeing what sticks, simple past saw what sticks, past participle seen what sticks)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result."
],
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"multiple",
"multiple"
],
[
"tactic",
"tactic"
],
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
],
[
"attain",
"attain"
],
[
"result",
"result"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, idiomatic) To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "see what sticks"
}
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