make stick
Example Sentences
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In both cases, the prosecutors pursued not the most serious charge, but the one they could most make stick.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019
Why was it so easy to make stick the claim that she was getting rich at our expense?
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2016
Then how is it that so many have found the charge so easy to make, and make stick?
From Time • Oct. 31, 2016
Brought into the Leeds academy by Stuart Lancaster, the man who now coaches him for England, Care had his next choice to make: stick with his hometown club, or risk sinking in a bigger pond.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2014
Then I see a track that I make stick in my memory long, long ago.
From The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings by Burnham, Margaret