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the name stuck
a name became established
If a name stuck, people continued using it until it became accepted and familiar.
Hear it in real life
Why does everyone call this street The Shortcut?
Someone used that name years ago, and it stuck.
We started calling him Red because of his hair, and the name stuck.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The name sticked.
Say: The name stuck.
The past form of stick in this expression is stuck, not sticked.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
the name stuck; the nickname stuck
Your turn: say it out loud
We started calling him Red because of his hair, and the name stuck.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the name stuck
a name became established
“We started calling him Red because of his hair, and the name stuck.”
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