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stick up

verb
  1. To rob at gunpoint. (transitive) · I think they intend to stick up the bank.
  2. To be prominent; to point upwards. (intransitive) · No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.
  3. To speak or act in defence (of). (intransitive) · Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.
  4. To defy, to confront, to stand up to. (intransitive)
  5. To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role) (intransitive)
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking. (transitive) · Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.
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