stick up
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stick up
verb sticks up · sticking up · stuck up
- To rob at gunpoint. I think they intend to stick up the bank.
- To be prominent; to point upwards. No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.
- To speak or act in defence (of). Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.
- To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
- To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking. Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.
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Talk about this word "stick up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stick%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stick up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stick%20up "stick up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stick%20up.
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@misc{stick_up_2026,
title = {stick up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stick%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
