Verb
stick at (third-person singular simple present sticks at, present participle sticking at, simple past and past participle stuck at)
(transitive, informal) To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult
If you want to dance well, you have to stick at it.
Synonym: keep at
Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody. Willa Cather
A curse on this game. How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and play croquet with the flamingos. In Wonderland everyone cheats and love is Wonderland, isn't it? Jeanette Winterson
Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick. Thales
You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed. Betty Cuthbert
Snake at your feet – a stick at your hand. Ethiopian Proverb
A stick at the neighbours cannot drive out a leopard at your home. African Proverb