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Synonyms for stick up
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Princeton's WordNet
hold up, stick up(verb)
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 up(verb)
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #123 | go | |
| #126 | last | |
| #148 | support | |
| #461 | live | |
| #1275 | hold | |
| #1778 | stand | |
| #2703 | rise | |
| #3446 | delay | |
| #7087 | arise | |
| #7117 | survive | |
| #11256 | sustain | |
| #17899 | endure | |
| #19121 | withstand | |
| #29907 | defy | |
| #40155 | detain | |
| #44726 | bristle | |
| #207890 | uprise |
How to use stick up in a sentence?
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.
Nicholson asked Lara Flynn Boyle out in front of me, while we were all smoking a doob somewhere, she got mad because I didn’t stick up for her.
Stick up for yourself, stick up for your rights. I'm not just doing this for myself I'm doing this for all breastfeeding mothers.
There was something chivalrous about Joe Biden saying, you know, if Joe Biden said that and we were in high school I ’d take Joe Biden out back and I ’d kick Joe Biden butt, i thought, Joy Behar know, there’s something about that. Because Joe Biden was also speaking at an event where Joe Biden was encouraging men to stick up for women, not be just bystanders. So I don’t know.
They want someone who will stand by their word and stick up for the issues that matter most to them, and that's what Rep. Tlaib is doing, her legislation comes from the district. She doesn't act without input from her constituents. That's what residents demand.
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