15 ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS: stick up, stick out, stick to, stick with...

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0:03 In today's video, I want to give you some more phrasal verbs,

0:06 and we're going to look at phrasal verbs with the verb "stick", "to stick".

0:11 Now, again, a phrasal verb is a verb and a preposition

0:15 that when put together have a different meaning than the words individually.

0:19 So, we're going to look at a few of these.

0:21 So, we're going to start with "stick up".

0:23 "Stick up", and remember, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning.

0:28 In this case, "stick up" basically

0:30 means something is pointing upwards, vertically.

0:33 So, if something is sticking up from the ground,

0:36 it's standing up and you have to be careful not to trip on it.

0:40 The more common use for "stick up" is "rob".

0:44 For example, you go into a bank, you point your gun, and you say,

0:48 "This is a stick up." You stick up the bank means you're trying to rob it.

0:53 Very unusual expression, but that's what it means.

0:56 If you stick up for someone, that means you're defending them.

1:03 So, my friend sometimes gets bullied at school,

1:06 so when I'm around and I see the bully

1:10 being mean to my friend, I stick up for him.

1:12 I go stand in front of the bully and I

1:14 threaten to punch him because I'm bigger than the bully, so he's afraid of me.

1:18 So, I stick up for him.

1:19 Or if my colleague at work gets blamed for some big mistake,

1:24 maybe I will stick up for my colleague and say,

1:28 "No, it wasn't her fault, it wasn't his fault.

1:30 It was because of the computer, blah, blah, blah." Right?

1:33 So, I stick up for, I defend this person.

1:37 "Stick out", if something sticks out...

1:39 Now, it could be, like, coming out of something,

1:42 like there's a nail sticking out of the wall.

1:46 That's the literal meaning,

1:47 but if something sticks out, usually it's very noticeable.

1:51 So, if you go to a crowd and everybody's wearing black,

1:55 but one person is wearing a white shirt,

1:58 that person will stick out, will be very noticeable.

2:02 But we also have an idiom, "to stick out like a sore thumb".

2:06 A thumb that is sore is very red and swollen, so when you look at the hand,

2:13 it's very noticeable in relation to the other fingers.

2:17 So, it sticks out like a sore thumb, it's very, very noticeable.

2:21 But when we say, "stick out", it could be good or bad.

2:25 When we say, "stick out like a sore thumb", it's usually in a bad way.

2:29 You're noticeable for something not good.

2:32 Maybe your hair is not, like you just woke up and your hair's all messy,

2:36 or your makeup's all runny, or you said something very silly in class, etc.

2:45 Sorry, "stick out of", well, this is actually what I meant,

2:48 like stick out of the wall,

2:49 so coming out of something, or stick out of the crowd,

2:53 it could also be, "to stick it out".

2:56 Now, if you say, you know, "stick it out",

2:59 "don't quit", that's basically what it means,

3:02 to keep going with whatever it is you're doing and not give up.

3:06 Don't quit, don't give up, stick it out.

3:10 "Stick around", so I'm a little bit busy right now,

3:13 but just stick around and I'll get to you right away, right?

3:16 So, basically, wait, don't leave.

3:19 Stick around, stay in the area,

3:21 and when I have a chance, I'll come and help you.

3:25 Or if I came to my friend's house to visit,

3:28 but he wasn't home, but his roommate was home, and he says,

3:32 "Oh, he just went out to the store, he'll be back in a minute",

3:34 just stick around, he'll be right back, wait, right?

3:38 Stick by and stick together could be very similar.

3:41 If you stick by someone, especially,

3:44 that means you stay close and support this person.

3:48 You don't leave them, especially in a difficult situation, you stick by them.

3:54 But you can also think about this in terms of an idea,

3:57 so I will stick by my principles.

4:00 I have certain beliefs, and other people are telling me it's wrong,

4:04 it's wrong, and I say, "I don't care what you say,

4:08 I will stick by my principles, I will keep them, I will not let go of what I

4:13 believe." Where "stick together" is only about people, usually.

4:18 Now, you can take the literal meaning,

4:20 I could take two pieces of paper and stick them together,

4:23 like glue, or if I stick together with my friends, it means we don't separate.

4:30 We don't go different places.

4:32 So, when you're traveling in a foreign country with a friend,

4:37 be sure to always stick together so you don't get lost,

4:40 or you don't get mugged, or you don't get into some sort of trouble.

4:44 Oh, sorry, I have "by" here twice.

4:48 Ah, a little bit less for you, that's good.

4:51 Stick with is very similar to stick to.

4:55 If you stick with something, it means you keep doing it, you don't quit.

5:01 If you stick with someone, it's very similar to stick by.

5:05 I will stick with you until the end, right?

5:08 I won't leave you, I won't leave you,

5:10 especially in a difficult situation, I will stick with you.

5:14 But, when we say stick at something,

5:16 it means continue to do something, or stick at it.

5:20 A little bit less common, I think it might be a bit more of a British usage,

5:24 but if you stick at something, you continue to do it and you don't give up.

5:30 And stick...

5:31 Oh, sorry, another...

5:32 Sorry, one more meaning for stick with.

5:34 If you watch a movie, like a horror movie,

5:38 some of those images might stick with you.

5:41 It means they will not leave your brain,

5:44 they will be, like, tattooed on your brain, right?

5:46 So, an idea, an image, a thought will stick with you for a long time,

5:52 or it could be good or bad.

5:55 If you have...

5:56 Like, you went traveling and you had

5:59 an amazing experience in Italy, for example.

6:02 That experience will stick with you for the rest of your life.

6:06 You will never forget it.

6:08 So, stick with, not forget.

6:10 Permanently in your mind.

6:12 And stick to, so again, literal,

6:14 I can take the piece of paper and I can stick it to the wall.

6:18 I can just put some glue, stick it to the wall.

6:21 But stick to also means keep something going,

6:25 don't deviate, don't change something, right?

6:30 So, if I have a plan and I'm working

6:32 this plan and I'm trying to make something work,

6:35 but there's all kinds of problems and difficulties,

6:37 and I say, "Okay, I'm not going to give up.

6:39 I'm going to stick to the plan.

6:41 I'm going to continue doing whatever it is that I planned to do.

6:45 I keep going forward with this thing." You could stick to someone.

6:51 It's not literal, like you're not physically stuck,

6:53 but you can stick to someone,

6:55 meaning that you will never leave them, even though you probably should, right?

7:01 Maybe they're not good for you,

7:02 maybe you don't like them anymore, but you stick to them.

7:05 You don't let go.

7:06 Same idea as the plan.

7:07 If you stick it to someone, this is a little bit of a mean thing to say.

7:15 To stick it to someone means to somehow harm them.

7:19 Maybe you criticize them in front of your boss,

7:22 maybe you do something that will get them in trouble,

7:25 but something you do that's not good to someone, you stick it to them.

7:29 But you're doing it intentionally.

7:30 You want them to somehow be hurt or upset or whatever.

7:35 Not a nice thing to do.

7:36 And almost always, you're going to do it to someone.

7:40 You're not going to...

7:40 You can stick it to the company,

7:42 but generally, you're sticking it to your bosses, right?

7:46 You're...

7:47 Like, let's say I'm a very valuable employee,

7:50 but they don't appreciate me, so I'm going to stick it to them.

7:53 I'm going to quit without giving them any notice,

7:56 and then they'll have some problems and troubles and whatnot.

7:59 Stick down, very generally, it's a literal meaning,

8:03 it's like stick something down with glue or with pressure or whatever.

8:08 Not really much of an idiomatic meaning to it.

8:11 Now, this one, I want to...

8:12 I put it a little bit separately, and I wrote out the full expression.

8:16 This is not a phrasal verb, okay?

8:18 This is just a collocation,

8:21 and I'm using the past participle of "stick", "stuck".

8:25 But "stuck on" means that something is...

8:29 You can't let go of, right?

8:31 So, "I'm stuck on you" means, like, not necessarily I love you,

8:35 but I can't get you out of my mind.

8:37 Like, you're part of my brain.

8:38 I'm stuck on you.

8:39 I can't let go of you.

8:40 Or if you're stuck on an idea, you can't think of anything else.

8:44 That thing is stuck in your head.

8:46 "Stuck" is actually an adjective in this case, so it's not a phrasal verb,

8:50 but I just want you to see it because it might be a little

8:54 confusing to think of this as a phrasal

8:56 verb when there's no verb involved, okay?

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