stick up for in English

Forms: sticks up for [present, singular, third-person], sticking up for [participle, present], stuck up for [participle, past], stuck up for [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> up for}} stick up for (third-person singular simple present sticks up for, present participle sticking up for, simple past and past participle stuck up for)

Inflected forms

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{
  "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defend or protect."
      ],
      "id": "en-stick_up_for-en-verb-kUywJUyW",
      "links": [
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To defend or protect."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "when self-referential",
          "word": "give as good as one gets"
        },
        {
          "word": "go to bat for"
        },
        {
          "word": "stick one's neck out for"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick up for"
}

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{
  "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defend or protect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To defend or protect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "when self-referential",
      "word": "give as good as one gets"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to bat for"
    },
    {
      "word": "stick one's neck out for"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick up for"
}

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"stick up for" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms