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Stick up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To rob at gunpoint. idiomatic, transitive

    "I think they intend to stick up the bank."

  2. 2
    defend against attack or criticism wordnet
  3. 3
    To be prominent; to point upwards. idiomatic, intransitive

    "No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up."

  4. 4
    rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat wordnet
  5. 5
    To speak or act in defence (of). intransitive

    "Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself."

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  1. 6
    To defy, to confront, to stand up to. intransitive
  2. 7
    To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role) intransitive
  3. 8
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking. transitive

    "Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape."

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