"stick to one's text" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stick to one's text.ogg [Australia] Forms: sticks to one's text [present, singular, third-person], sticking to one's text [participle, present], stuck to one's text [participle, past], stuck to one's text [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> to one's text}} stick to one's text (third-person singular simple present sticks to one's text, present participle sticking to one's text, simple past and past participle stuck to one's text)
  1. (idiomatic) To limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-stick_to_one's_text-en-verb-seDfqYeP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stick to one's text meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(idiomatic) To limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion."
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