stick around

Questions about stick around

What does stick around mean?

stick around means "be available or ready for a certain function or service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stick around?

Close synonyms include stand by, stick about, stay, stick, stay put. 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 around a common word?

stick around is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.