Leave and Sticking

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

Sticking is an antonym for leave.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Sticking

Sticking adjective - Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.

Leave is an antonym for sticking in topics: endure, adhere.

Nearby Words: stick, sticker, sticky

Both words in one sentence

  • However, this time they will all leave as soon as things start going down, as opposed to sticking around for a bit.
  • She says that Flynn doesn’t really like her and that he is only sticking around, waiting for Rapunzel to give him the crown; once he has it, he will leave her.
  • Viktor Suvorov mentions that during his work, he was supposed to leave a message for an agent by sticking a drawing-pin into a pole.
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