Idiom
see what sticks
Meaning
To test multiple tactics at once in order to attain a particular result.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We are trying many ideas to see what sticks.”
“The marketing team launched five different social media campaigns at once to see what sticks with the customers.”
“Rather than committing to a single strategy, the startup founder decided to experiment with several different business models to see what sticks in the competitive market.”
Examples
simple
“We are trying many ideas to see what sticks.”
contextual
“The marketing team launched five different social media campaigns at once to see what sticks with the customers.”
complex
“Rather than committing to a single strategy, the startup founder decided to experiment with several different business models to see what sticks in the competitive market.”
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