"stick up for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks up for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck up for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> up for"
      },
      "expansion": "stick up for (third-person singular simple present sticks up for, present participle sticking up for, simple past and past participle stuck up for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect."
      ],
      "id": "en-stick_up_for-en-verb-c8zlAxfg",
      "links": [
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "give as good as one gets"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go to bat for"
        },
        {
          "word": "stick one's neck out for"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
          "word": "puolustaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
          "word": "défendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
          "word": "prendre la défense de"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick up for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks up for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck up for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> up for"
      },
      "expansion": "stick up for (third-person singular simple present sticks up for, present participle sticking up for, simple past and past participle stuck up for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "give as good as one gets"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "go to bat for"
    },
    {
      "word": "stick one's neck out for"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
      "word": "puolustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
      "word": "défendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speak or act in defence of",
      "word": "prendre la défense de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick up for"
}