stick up, v.
defend against attack or criticism
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
stand up stick up
sample sentences
"He stood up for his friend""She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
hold up stick up
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
entailment
hypernym
hyponym