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stick it out

VERB

challenge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ask for assert call for claim confront defy demand denounce impose require test try

STRONG

accost arouse beard brave cross dare exact impeach impugn inquire investigate provoke query reclaim stimulate summon tax vindicate

WEAK

call out face down face off face the music fly in the face of hang in insist upon invite competition make a point of make a stand object to search out stand up to throw down the gauntlet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny

STRONG

answer calm dodge ignore

WEAK

agreement decision victory

VERB

endure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brave encounter experience face feel go through know ride out suffer sustain tolerate undergo weather withstand

STRONG

abide accustom allow brook countenance eat permit stand stick stomach support swallow take

WEAK

be patient with bear the brunt cope with grin and bear it hang in keep up live out live through meet with never say die put up with repress feelings resign oneself sit through subject to submit to take it take patiently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow halt hide refuse reject retreat run away stop surrender yield

STRONG

deny disapprove hold keep maintain oppose resist

WEAK

discontinue

VERB

hang tough

Synonyms

WEAK

be patient with bear bear the brunt brave cope with face go through grin and bear it gut it out hang in hang in there keep up live out live through meet with never say die put up with ride out sit through stand stick in there stomach suffer swallow take take it tough it out weather withstand

VERB

persist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carry on carry over continue endure go on linger persevere prevail pursue recur remain

STRONG

abide grind insist last obtain perseverate repeat strive

WEAK

be resolute be stubborn follow through follow up go all the way go the limit hold on keep up leave no stone unturned perdure see through stick to guns tough it out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease discontinue give up go halt leave stop

STRONG

forget

WEAK

quit

VERB

subsist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get along get by scrape by

STRONG

be breathe continue endure exist last live manage move remain survive sustain

WEAK

barely exist eke out a living eke out an existence hang in hang on hang tough just make it make ends meet make it remain alive ride out stay alive stick with it

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue halt stop

VERB

support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abide continue maintain take tolerate

STRONG

bear brook countenance go handle stand stomach submit suffer swallow undergo

WEAK

bear with carry on go through keep up live with put up with stand for stay the course sweat out wait out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow discontinue halt refuse reject stop

STRONG

disagree fight

WEAK

contradict disapprove let down let go neglect oppose release

VERB

sweat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

toil

STRONG

abide brook chafe endure exert fret stand stomach suffer tolerate torture

WEAK

agonize be on pins and needles be on tenterhooks lose sleep over stay the course work hard

Antonyms

STRONG

comfort please relieve

WEAK

be calm ignore

VERB

take

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept go hold receive stand welcome

STRONG

abide accommodate bear brave brook contain experience hack stomach suffer swallow tolerate undergo weather withstand

WEAK

bear with give access go through grin and bear it hang in hang on hang tough let in live with put up with ride out stand for submit to take it take it lying down take it on the chin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disagree refuse reject stop turn away

STRONG

disallow dodge shun

WEAK

abstain add avoid be honest be immune discontinue disenchant fail give keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand offer repulse

VERB

take it

Synonyms

WEAK

acknowledge agree bear with bite the bullet capitulate don't make waves don't rock the boat face the music go along with grin and bear it hang tough live with play the game put up with sit still for stand for stomach submit to suffer swallow take take one's lumps take one's medicine tolerate

VERB

weather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get through overcome resist ride out suffer surmount survive withstand

STRONG

acclimate brave expose harden season stand toughen

WEAK

bear the brunt of bear up against become toughened come through grow hardened grow strong make it pull through rise above

Antonyms

STRONGEST

give in surrender yield

Example Sentences

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At the time, Trout said “the direction of the franchise” was a major reason he opted to stick it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

There are still voices in government who reckon they can keep their heads down and stick it out.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

We stick it out until what seems like the religious end and then slip away.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Dad apologizes to no one for the choice to stick it out at Chatsworth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

I think he is nervous I am going to hate my job so much I won’t want to stick it out.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

stick it out

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