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sticking up for

sticking up for is the present participle and gerund of stick up for.

Meaning of stick up for

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect.
    • You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.
    Synonyms:
    go to bat for, stick one's neck out for, stand up for

Questions about sticking up for

What is sticking up for the present participle and gerund of?
Sticking up for is the present participle and gerund of stick up for.

Words near sticking up for in the dictionary

  1. sticking to one's text
  2. sticking to someone's ribs
  3. sticking together
  4. Sticking Tommy
  5. sticking up
  6. sticking up for
  7. sticking with
  8. sticking-place
  9. sticking-places
  10. sticking-point
  11. sticking-points

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sticking up for (page history and authors); stick up for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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