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Synonyms for stick up
stick up
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Princeton's WordNet
hold up, stick upverb
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
Synonyms:
go, live, detain, last, delay, support, hold up, hold out, hold, sustain, live on, hold water, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survivestand up, stick upverb
defend against attack or criticism
"He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
Synonyms:
place upright, rise, hold up, bristle, get up, stand, stand up, arise, uprise, hold water
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#123 | go | |
#126 | last | |
#148 | support | |
#461 | live | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1778 | stand | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3446 | delay | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7117 | survive | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#17899 | endure | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#29907 | defy | |
#40155 | detain | |
#44726 | bristle | |
#207890 | uprise |
How to use stick up in a sentence?
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
Having someone at my doctors’ appointments to stick up for me or ask questions [has been a help], she was in there and she knew to ask questions and noticed that when my first oncologist wasn’t being proactive.
We love our vets, when you're treated badly you have to stick up for your rights.
I’ve got to stick up for radio guys, Stern said, because, number one, you’re on the air and it’s not like there’s a script, but for Goddsakes, Stern added, Tom Brady should know better. If you’re going to put your young child on a TV show, on the Internet, you’re putting her out there for comment.
Nicholson asked Lara Flynn Boyle out in front of me, while we were all smoking a doob somewhere, she got mad because I didn’t stick up for her.
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