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stick-up

noun

When Robert Haile pulled his own weapon, Brooks continued his stick-up.

Her bones stick up from the ground, and water has sealed them with a sparkling calcite coating.

In a very blue state, Scott Walker is not afraid to stick up for what he believes in.

I'll go for long periods without posting anything, then suddenly feel a rush of aphorisms and stick up 10 in a row.

How terrible for you to stick up for your rights when someone owes you money and refuses to pay you.

Mr. McSweeney had the bad taste to try to stick up our local drug emporium about half an hour ago.

I told them it was caddish to insult a fallen foe, but they would go and stick up those beastly notices.'

And this particular chief—to name no names—is quite knowing enough to get hold of a lawyer to stick up for him.

I was beyond caring anymore, but I felt like if Mom was going to stick up for me, I should help her out.

"Dog's-Ear" shirt-collars (the ones that stick up and are doubled down at the points,) are coming into fashion.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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