have stuck with sth
Hi, I came across with that sentence:
His friends have also stuck with it, and many of them are quite good at skateboarding.
I can't get the meaning of the first clause, what "have stuck with it" should mean?
Thanks in advance.

Question

have stuck with sth
Hi, I came across with that sentence:
His friends have also stuck with it, and many of them are quite good at skateboarding. 
I can't get the meaning of the first clause, what "have stuck with it" should mean?
Thanks in advance.

Answer

Hi Stoycho

It is basically another way of saying 'They didn't give up': the friends have continued to skateboard and do tricks even though it may have been difficult. They didn't give up, they didn't stop trying. As a result they are now good at it.

Vicki

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Thank you

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A wider context would clarify the meaning. Nevertheless, it could mean that his friends are also interested within and do something, what he is interested in and does, on daily basis. Second sentence could show, that we are talking about skateboarding, but because the word 'skateboarding; is mentioned, it confused me a bit, because of iteration. It could mean something else what all of them are dealing with and they do skateboarding because of it.

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