Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for make stick. Search instead for matbestick.
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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Unfair employment was almost impossible to make stick under any circumstances, but with the courts rigged the way they were these days—he sighed, and drew out one of his last credit-coins.

From Marley's Chain by Nourse, Alan Edward