1.
If you ~ something or someone when you are travelling, you stay close to them.
There are interesting hikes inland, but most ramblers ~ the clifftops...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
2.
If you ~ something, you continue doing, using, saying, or talking about it, rather than changing to something else.
Perhaps he should have stuck to writing...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
3.
If you ~ a promise, agreement, decision, or principle, you do what you said you would do, or do not change your mind.
Immigrant support groups are waiting to see if he sticks to his word...
But one problem is that few people can ~ a diet for long.
= stick by
to ~ your guns: see gun
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n
4.
If you ~ rules, you do what they say you must do.
Obviously we are disappointed but the committee could do nothing less than ~ the rules...
Police must ~ the highest standards if they are to win back public confidence.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n