stick

stick idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with stick, also see carrot and stick; get on the stick; make stick; more than one can shake a stick at; short end of the stick; stand (stick) up for; wrong end of the stick. Also see under stuck.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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