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stick-up

noun

  1. slang.
    a robbery at gunpoint; hold-up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. slang.
    tr to rob, esp at gunpoint
  2. informal.
    intrfoll byfor to support or defend

    stick up for oneself

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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To the script’s credit and Midthunder’s convincing zeal, Sherry has her own motives for making it work, including a need to stick up for the weak.

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On language and broader messaging: Let’s shut down the pablum about “defending the middle class,†“sticking up for working families,†and other such drivel.

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This time, he seems to understand fictional Hungarian architect László Tóth as thoroughly as if they were shadow twins sticking up for each other’s ferocious talent.

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Serena Williams wrote in a post of her own, sticking up for Swift.

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"People were chanting 'sticking up posters is not a crime', and to demonstrate that it is not a crime, Mzia did the same thing," says Dimitradze.

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