sticking up

Verb

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

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