What are some opposite words for stick up?
Antonyms for stick upstick up
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term stick up.
Princeton's WordNet
hold up, stick upverb
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
Synonyms:
go, live, detain, last, delay, support, hold up, hold out, hold, sustain, live on, hold water, endure, stand up, withstand, defy, survivestand up, stick upverb
defend against attack or criticism
"He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
Synonyms:
place upright, rise, hold up, bristle, get up, stand, stand up, arise, uprise, hold water
How to use stick up in a sentence?
I was very unstable. I wasn’t thinking right. So I hooked up with these guys and all of a sudden I’m a stick-up artist. I stuck up every nightclub in New York, i’m no angel.
We love our vets, when you're treated badly you have to stick up for your rights.
Having someone at my doctors’ appointments to stick up for me or ask questions [has been a help], she was in there and she knew to ask questions and noticed that when my first oncologist wasn’t being proactive.
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
I felt drunk, i couldn't even stick up for Jamie Spears. I couldn't even have a conversation with my mom or dad about anything. I told them I was scared and they had six different nurses come to my home to monitor me while I was on this medication that I didn't want to be on to begin with.
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