Stick with means to keep using or supporting someone or something instead of switching: a person, a method, an activity. We decided to stick with the original supplier. Stick with it! means don't give up: people say it when studying or training feels hard at first.
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stick with a person / option / activity; stuck with
- We decided to stick with the original supplier.
- The method feels slow at first, but stick with it.
- I stuck with the same notebook until every page was full.
What changed
First versionWe sticked with the first design.
RevisionWe stuck with the first design.
Most verbs form the past with -ed, so sticked feels regular. But stick is irregular: stick, stuck, stuck. We stuck with the first design means we kept the first version.
Stick to means follow a rule or plan: stick to the budget. Stick with means keep your choice: stick with the team. Be stuck with means be trapped with something you don't want: I was stuck with the old laptop.
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Choose the past form: We ___ with the same team throughout the project.
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stuck — Stick is an irregular verb: stick, stuck, stuck. So the past form is stuck.
Describe an option you decided to keep even after trying others.
We tried several layouts but stuck with the simplest one because visitors found it easier to follow.
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