to continue to support someone who is in a difficult situation
to do something that you promised or decided that you would do
"But I feel like I pushed her away when she needed me to stick by her.
Piercey wondered if Patricia would stick by a husband forced to retire to private life, and guessed that she wouldn't.
The head teacher is sticking by his decision to retire next year.
Then as he got in behind the wheel: 'I don't think Mr Wexall is gunna stick by Jack Brown.
`You can't do your job, and you can't even stick by your own folk.
sticks by
sticking by
stuck by
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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