Julia Huong
2022-02-17 10:02
Stick up phrasal verb informal
To protrude or stand upright.
His hair sticks up like porcupine quills.
To attach something to a high point on a vertical surface so that it may be viewed or displayed.
My son stuck a few posters up to make his room look less bare.
To lift and keep something aloft.
The protestors stuck banners and the national flag up, clamouring against the government's plan.
To rob someone or something with a gun or other weapons.
A man with a gun tried to stick up my mother when I was a child.
1. To violently steal something from a place or a person, or take something as spoils, especially in wartime
2. The act of stealing something from a place or a person in a violent way, or taking something as spoils, especially in wartime
1. To take a lot of money from someone by deception or extortion
2. To charge someone too much money for something
1. To make something fall by hitting or colliding with it.
2. To finish or stop doing something; to take a break.
3. To illegally create a cheap copy of someone else's invention or product.
4. To finish doing something quickly and without making much effort.
5. To take money or property illegally from a place.
6. To murder someone.
7. To reduce the price or value of something by a certain amount.
8. To defeat someone
To fasten or affix to someone or something for keeping safe
To provoke or propagate a contentious or divisive issue.
The verb "stick" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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