stick up
Example Sentences
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Freddie Mercury, a young pit bull mix — brown, with pretty chestnut eyes and big, stick-up ears — was adopted from the Philly Bully Team as a happy, friendly puppy.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Omar was based on stick-up men Simon and Burns had encountered in real life, but Williams made the character his own.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2022
Deutsche Bank then had to acknowledge the size of this government stick-up as its stock price proceeded to drop more than 20% in a fortnight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2016
This way, the inappropriate joke is never entered into the record, but the stick-up is preserved for a judge and a jury to see.
From The Verge • Aug. 14, 2014
And if they had enough humour to put on a thumb nail, could they wear the stick-out and stick-up ornaments on their hats they did wear, to prod each other's eyes?
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
