phrasal verb · neutral
get stuck on
UK/ɡet stʌk ɒn/US/ɡet stʌk ɑːn/get·STUCK·on
speakingtask2
to be unable to continue or make progress because of a difficulty
Examples
“I got stuck on question three and ran out of time.”
“Don't get stuck on small details during the exam.”
“She got stuck on the grammar point, so I explained it again.”
Band 8 sentence
“I tried not to get stuck on one paragraph; instead I wrote a draft and refined it later.”
Collocations
- get stuck on a question
- get stuck on the details
Word family
get stuck on verb phrasestuck on adjective phrase
Common mistakes
I stuck on question two.→I got stuck on question two.
I was stuck at the question.→I was stuck on the question.
Say it for a higher band
5be stuck→6get stuck→7+get stuck on
Synonyms
be stuck
get bogged down in
Easily confused
get bogged down in
“We got bogged down in administrative details and missed the deadline.”
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