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get stuck in Definition


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stuck
adj
    1. Unable to give an answer, reason, etc.
      Thesaurus: perplexed, puzzled, baffled, stumped, stymied, nonplussed.
    2. Unable to move.
      Thesaurus: fast, fastened, cemented, tight, fixed, glued; Antonym: loose.
verb
    1. Past tense, past participle of stick2.
Idiom: be stuck for something
    colloq
    To be in need of it or at a loss for it.
Idiom: be stuck with someone
    To be unable to get rid of them.
      Example: I was stuck with that neurotic Harry all night
Idiom: be stuck with something (get etc stuck with something)
    To be unable to get anyone else to do it.
      Example: I was stuck with the washing-up
Idiom: get stuck in
    slang
    To set about an activity with energy or aggression.
Idiom: stuck on someone
    colloq
    Fond of or infatuated with them.


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