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Definitions

make stick

VERB
validate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approve certify confirm corroborate endorse justify legalize legitimize ratify substantiate verify
STRONG
authenticate authorize constitute okay sanction
WEAK
John Hancock bear out give stamp of approval give the go-ahead give the green light give the nod make binding make legal rubber-stamp set seal on sign off on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
contradict deny disagree disallow disapprove discredit disprove invalidate oppose refuse reject repudiate veto

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

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

In one Twitter post, Mr. Trump seemed to embrace a label Mrs. Clinton had tried to make stick: that Mr. Trump has in the past referred to himself as the “king of debt.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2016

Pacheco's virtue consisted in recognizing the genius of Velasquez, and hanging on to him closely, rubbing off all the glory that he could make stick to himself.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert