GET STUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get stuck mean? 

• GET STUCK (verb)
  The verb GET STUCK has 1 sense:

1. be unable to move further

  Familiarity information: GET STUCK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET STUCK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be unable to move further

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire

Context example:

The car bogged down in the sand

Hypernyms (to "get stuck" is one way to...):

stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)

Verb group:

bog down; mire (cause to get stuck as if in a mire)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

It may get stuck in the urinary tract, block the flow of urine and cause great pain.

(Kidney Stones, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

If the AAT proteins aren't the right shape, they get stuck in the liver cells and can't reach the lungs.

(Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

"From our experiments and theoretical model, we figured out that surface tension of the fluid is one of the crucial factors promoting the water to get stuck in ear canals," said Baskota.

(Shaking head to free water in ears could cause brain damage in kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)