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# {{context|transitive|lang=en}} To put up by [[stick]]ing.
# {{rfd-sense}} {{context|transitive|lang=en}} To put up by [[stick]]ing.
#: '''''Stick up''' the postcard with a bit of tape.''
#: '''''Stick up''' the postcard with a bit of tape.''
# {{context|transitive|idiomatic|lang=en}} To [[rob]] at [[gunpoint]].
# {{context|transitive|idiomatic|lang=en}} To [[rob]] at [[gunpoint]].
#: ''I think they intend to '''stick up''' the bank.''
#: ''I think they intend to '''stick up''' the bank.''
# {{context|intransitive|idiomatic|lang=en}} To be prominent; to point upwards.
# {{rfd-sense}} {{context|intransitive|idiomatic|lang=en}} To be prominent; to point upwards.
#: ''No matter how much I brush it, my hair always '''sticks up'''.
#: ''No matter how much I brush it, my hair always '''sticks up'''.
# {{rfd-sense}} {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} To protect one's status.
# {{rfd-sense}} {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} To protect one's status.

Revision as of 17:49, 10 December 2014

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Verb

stick up (third-person singular simple present sticks up, present participle sticking up, simple past and past participle stuck up)

  1. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#stick up|delete]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bstick+up%23rfd-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cstick+up%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To put up by sticking.
    Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.
    I think they intend to stick up the bank.
  3. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#stick up|delete]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bstick+up%23rfd-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cstick+up%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards.
    No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.
  4. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#stick up|delete]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bstick+up%23rfd-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cstick+up%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To protect one's status.
    Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.

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