stick it

stick it

1. Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end. [Early 1900s] Also see stick out, def. 2.
2. Also, stick it or shove it up one's ass . Do whatever you like with it, I don't want it, as in Do that job all over again? Why don't you stick it?, or Tell the chef he can take this fish and shove it up his ass. This vulgar slangy idiom, which uses stick in the sense of "thrust inward or upward," also functions as a variant of up yours. [Second half of 1800s]
See also: stick
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • stick it to the end
  • stick it out
  • get the short end
  • cash up
  • anticipointment
  • light at the end of the tunnel
  • make an end of (something)
  • draw to a close
  • culminate
  • culminate in
References in periodicals archive
When it's on the pitch and fans give you stick it's fine but when people take it outside of football and you're with your family and having a meal it's a bit different.
I went home to celebrate Old Firm win with family and had to leave a bar in Aberdeen after idiots gave me load of verbals; RANGERS v ABERDEEN IBROX, TONIGHT, 7.45 SAYS RYAN JACK
It does stick It's a reminder your guard much because know to " Lones, 19, of no fixed address, was jailed for 27 months at Wolverhampton Crown Court after admitting possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
FACE TO FACE WITH GUNMAN; BRAVE OFFICER CONFRONTED BY TEENAGER WITH GUN WINS PRAISE
"In a way, when they give you stick it's because you're playing well, so I guess we hope they don't give him too much."
Terry test will be good for Zohore
The sport for him is "easy when you know how to skate but when you use the stick it's a bit hard."
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Baddies can get a lot of stick It's split down the middle, it's team Callum or team David.
'I'm a skinny, hairy, weirdly shaped Irish man' ...and his mates call him Cheesestring. Nevertheless, Weatherfield's new bad boy has still got viewers all of a fluster. Sean Ward, 26, talks finding fame, on-screen snogs, and being in touch with his spiritual side
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"And when you have nearly 40,000 Scousers who are hardcore giving the ref a bit of stick it's a tough decision.
Penalty woe forgotten as skipper hails United
"It's not about win at all costs, but if a horse is responding to the stick it's frustrating to have to stop using it."
BHA stands firm after Nicholls' whip remarks
I have had so much stick it's unbelievable, until now of course!"
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Sony has always bragged that MemoryStick is the size of a stick of chewing gum, but tell me, if I get a Thumbdrive, should I stick it in my mouth?
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9 Ashley Williams should not be singled out for stick IT'S easy for Cardiff City fans to have a pop at the Swansea skipper for the back-pass which got stuck in the mud that led to the first Croatian goal.
Sinking Wales can't be Bale-d out by Gareth all the time; AS the dust settles on another poor start to a World Cup qualifying campaign for Wales, DELME PARFITT pinpoints 10 issues to provide food for thought
"So when I see Arsene Wenger getting stick it's just another example of the game gone completely crazy."
Giving Arsene a load of stick proves game's gone crazy; HARRY REDKNAPP TALKS TO TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v ARSENAL
If anyone is going to take stick it's the attacking players because we hardly created a thing.
Cheer not jeer is needed now
We all know the world has hotspots which require help but why should Britain be the first to stick it's head up higher than other nations?
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