stick+at+nothing
1stick at nothing — To be ruthless or unscrupulous ● nothing * * * stick at nothing informal phrase to do whatever is necessary, even something illegal, in order to achieve your aim He’ll stick at nothing to get what he wants. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get… …
2stick-at-nothing — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase stick at nothing : that hesitates or scruples at nothing to achieve its purpose : determined, unscrupulous underhand, stick at nothing brute Joseph Conrad stick a …
3stick at nothing — informal to do whatever is necessary, even something illegal, in order to achieve your aim He ll stick at nothing to get what he wants …
4Nothing in My Way — Single by Keane from the album Under the Iron Sea …
5stick — [stik] n. [ME stikke < OE sticca, akin to Du stek, ON stik < IE base * steig , a point > STAKE, Frank * stakka, Gr stigma, L instigare, INSTIGATE] 1. a long, usually slender piece of wood; specif., a) a twig or small branch broken off or …
6stick — stick1 W3S3 [stık] v past tense and past participle stuck [stʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(attach)¦ 2¦(push in)¦ 3¦(put)¦ 4¦(move part of body)¦ 5¦(difficult to move)¦ 6 stick in somebody s mind 7 make something stick 8¦(name)¦ 9 somebody c …
7stick — 1 /stIk/ verb past tense and past participle stuck 1 PUSH (transitive always + adv/prep, intransitive always + adv/prep) if a pointed object sticks into something or you stick it into something, it is pushed into it: stick sth in/into/through etc …
8stick — 1. n. 1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon. 2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick). 3 a an implement used to propel the ball in …
9stick — I UK [stɪk] / US verb Word forms stick : present tense I/you/we/they stick he/she/it sticks present participle sticking past tense stuck UK [stʌk] / US past participle stuck *** 1) [transitive] to push something long and thin into or through… …
10nothing — /ˈnʌθɪŋ / (say nuthing) pronoun 1. no thing; not anything; naught: say nothing. 2. that which is non existent. –noun 3. something or someone of no importance or quality: he is a complete nothing. 4. a trivial matter or remark: to exchange… …
