"stick up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stick up.ogg [Australia] Forms: sticks up [present, singular, third-person], sticking up [participle, present], stuck up [participle, past], stuck up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> up}} stick up (third-person singular simple present sticks up, present participle sticking up, simple past and past participle stuck up)
  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking. Tags: transitive Related terms: stick 'em up!, stick up for, stickup, stuck up Translations (to put up by sticking): alglui (Esperanto), kiinnittää (Finnish), liimata (Finnish), coller (French)
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-kET1tyfJ Disambiguation of 'to put up by sticking': 61 7 2 4 20 6
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to rob at gunpoint): ryöstää (Finnish), rester (French), грабить (grabitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-dDYAWWt~ Disambiguation of 'to rob at gunpoint': 1 95 1 1 2 1
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-MNwoogKA
  4. (intransitive, with for) To speak or act in defence (of). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-3tuIqFYi
  5. (intransitive, with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to. Tags: intransitive Translations (to protect one's status): défendre (French), kiáll -ért/mellett (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-oxcCIKjU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 6 5 39 13 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 20 8 9 8 40 15 Disambiguation of "to protect one's status": 18 18 4 15 29 15
  6. (intransitive, with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-stick_up-en-verb-YRvu4iKd

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stick up meaning in English (4.5kB)

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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to put up by sticking",
      "word": "alglui"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put up by sticking",
      "word": "kiinnittää"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put up by sticking",
      "word": "liimata"
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      "sense": "to put up by sticking",
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      "sense": "to rob at gunpoint",
      "word": "ryöstää"
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      "sense": "to rob at gunpoint",
      "word": "rester"
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      "sense": "to rob at gunpoint",
      "word": "грабить"
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      "sense": "to protect one's status",
      "word": "défendre"
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