English Explanatory Dictionary

stick to one's knitting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.

Pronunciation

En-au-stick to one's knitting.ogg

Word forms

stick to one's knitting sticks to one's knitting sticking to one's knitting stuck to one's knitting attend to one's knitting ’tend to one’s knitting tend to one's knitting keep to one's knitting

Synonyms

mind one's own business stay in one's lane paddle one's own canoe

Related words

let the cobbler stick to his last ultracrepidarianism
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