stick around with me

[newkeenlearner]

Are you really saying that you would stick around with me if I was paralyzed from the neck down?


Movie: Me before you

Does "stick around with someone" mean the same as "stick around" in the link below? The meaning doesn't make sense in the definition below.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stick-around

 

[tedmc]

Are you really saying that you would stick around with me if I was paralyzed from the neck down?


Movie: Me before you

Does "stick around with someone" mean the same as "stick around" in the link below? The meaning doesn't make sense in the definition below.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stick-around

Yes, that is what the idiom means - to remain at a place for some time but, in the context, it is said light-heartedly to mean "to persevere through a difficult situation".

 

[emsr2d2]

I find "stick around with me" rather unnatural. I'd expect:

Do you mean you'd stick with me [even] if I were paralysed ...?
Do you mean you'd stick around [even] if I were paralysed ...?