get stuck
Frequency: 9.035.7 per million words
The most common way to describe entering a state of being unable to move.
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Examples (10)
- He got stuck halfway up the rock face.
- The car got stuck in the deep mud during the storm.
- I got stuck in a traffic jam for two hours this morning.
- The ring got stuck on her finger and she couldn't take it off.
- Be careful not to let the zipper get stuck on the fabric.
- We got stuck in the elevator for twenty minutes after the power cut.
- If you get stuck on a difficult question, move to the next one.
- The paper got stuck in the printer again.
- The dog got its head stuck between the bars of the fence.
- I often get stuck behind slow-moving trucks on this narrow road.