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Stick Give Thin Long I Criticize Tease Roughly

query
If you give someone some s____, you criticize them or tease them roughly .If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly .
It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public.
I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind.
word stick
full-definition
noun
A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree.
...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood.
A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals.
He looks old and walks with a stick.
Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets.
A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose.
...kebab sticks.
...lolly sticks.
...drum sticks.
Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks .
...lacrosse sticks.
...hockey sticks.
...ski-sticks.
A stick of something is a long thin piece of it.
...a stick of celery.
...cinnamon sticks.
If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly .
It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public.
I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind.
If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
He lived out in the sticks somewhere.
inflections sticks
cefr-level B1

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