stick up
/S T IH1 K AH1 P/verb
- 1
To rob at gunpoint.
“I think they intend to stick up the bank.”
- 2
To be prominent; to point upwards.
“No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.”
- 3
(with for) To speak or act in defence (of).
“Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.”
- 4
(with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
- 5
(with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
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