stick about

1. 1.

   be available or ready for a certain function or service

   Synonymsstand bystick around

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Questions about stick about

What does stick about mean?

stick about means "be available or ready for a certain function or service".

What is another word for stick about?

Close synonyms include stand by, stick around. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stick about a common word?

stick about is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.