to stick up
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4.3
- phrasal verb
- /stɪk ʌp/
- Informal
:
defender
- I admire how you always stick up for your friends when they are being criticized.
- stick up for people
- stick up for a friend
- stick up for your rights
And it's like you should be sticking up for your child.
- And it's like you should be sticking up for your child.
- And, and they haven't stuck up for each other.
- Somebody has to stick up for the truth.
- Like ladies, we got to, we got to, we got to see our worth and really just like stick up for ourselves.
- I mean, I feel for the Bbci don't like the BBC and but here's the thing though, you shouldn't just stick up for what you like, even if it's wrong.
- And I think that is what sets people apart, those who have a real burning zeal to either change something or to stick up for their local constituency.
- And then listen, listen, listen, you just get, I'm going to stick up for the boys because, listen, the Scottish boys, Yeah.
- So it's natural to stick up for them and go into tiger mode when it's my friend, when it's myself.
- It's, it's like a physiological, visceral response when I'm, when I'm confronted with a position where I should be sticking up for myself.
- And I, like you, tend to stick up for myself when I believe my truth is the truth.
Examples
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You guys all stick up for each other.
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Thanks for sticking up for me, Harry.
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Somebody has to stick up for the truth.
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Like I know he stuck up for you a lot too.
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Our trust in you matters more to a civil society than how much you stick up for each other.
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We need to stick up for each other and not just me working on set, but what, what product is created once we're done?
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And I, like you, tend to stick up for myself when I believe my truth is the truth.
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It's about time someone is willing to stick up for our privacy rights!
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I have a duty to those people because they're members of my community to stick up for them to care about them.
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I am glad that you are posting your opinions and sticking up for what you believe in.
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Synonyms
691
2.8
To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it
256
2.7
Defend or support someone who is treated unfairly
84
2.9
Support a person, group, or cause during hard times
39
3.9
To say firmly what you need or think when people treat you unfairly
23
4.6
Publicly say you strongly agree or disagree with something
22
7.2
To take a risk by saying or doing something that may get you in trouble
12
5.4
Support someone who is in trouble
11
3.0
Support someone in an argument when others disagree
3
6.6
To support a person or idea by using your influence
3
6.3
To publicly show support, often when doing so is risky
1
3.9
Support and defend other people who share a cause
1
3.7
Speak or act to support fairness when it is threatened
To support someone in an argument
To stand up for someone when they are in trouble
Begin to strongly defend a person or cause in public
Antonyms
How Supportive
64
4.2
- Informal
59
4.3
691
2.8
∞
1.0
96
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
stick + up
The meaning 'to rob' is not transparently built from the literal senses of 'stick' (a piece of wood or to pierce) and 'up' (direction/position). 'Stick up' as a phrasal verb is idiomatic — its sense of threatening/robbing is a language-specific extension that a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably infer.
Etymology
The phrasal verb stick up, often used as stick up for, may come from the image of someone who stays very close like something that sticks and stands up with a friend to protect them. So, to stick up for someone means to stand by them and 'support' or defend them.