make stick
Example Sentences
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None of these are true, it's merely a diversion, and one that they're going to potentially make stick with trans people.
From Salon • May 2, 2023
The cases of the week involving two-bit schemers and has-beens are easy enough to make stick.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
In both cases, the prosecutors pursued not the most serious charge, but the one they could most make stick.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019
Then how is it that so many have found the charge so easy to make, and make stick?
From Time • Oct. 31, 2016
He should promise nothing which he cannot make stick.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense