"stick it out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sticks it out [present, singular, third-person], sticking it out [participle, present], stuck it out [participle, past], stuck it out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> it out}} stick it out (third-person singular simple present sticks it out, present participle sticking it out, simple past and past participle stuck it out)
  1. (informal) To persist or continue to the end. Tags: informal Related terms: stick out Translations (to persist): durchziehen (German), выде́рживать (vydérživatʹ) [neuter] (Russian), держа́ться (deržátʹsja) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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