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STICK TOGETHER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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

Credits

 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)