"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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "give as good as one gets"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick up for"
}