stick up for

Strongest matches

• abet
• alleviate
• assist
• encourage
• promote
• subsidize

Strong matches

• befriend
• benefact
• favor
• lighten
• mitigate
• relieve
• serve
• sustain

Weak matches

• bail out
• go to bat for
• go with
• lend a hand
• open doors for
• straighten out

Strongest matches

• advocate
• assist
• encourage
• endorse
• favor
• finance
• side with
• sponsor
• uphold

Strong matches

• abet
• ally
• angel
• bankroll
• boost
• champion
• countenance
• grubstake
• sanction
• second
• stake
• subsidize
• sustain
• underwrite

Weak matches

• abide by
• give a boost
• give a leg up
• give a lift
• go to bat for
• stand behind
• stick by

Strongest matches

• advocate
• argue
• assert
• back
• champion
• endorse
• explain
• guarantee
• justify
• maintain
• stand by
• support
• uphold

Strong matches

• aid
• befriend
• espouse
• exculpate
• exonerate
• plead
• rationalize
• recommend
• second
• stonewall
• sustain
• vindicate
• warrant

Weak matches

• apologize for
• back up
• bear one out
• come to defense of
• cover for
• go to bat for
• prove a case
• put in a good word
• ride shotgun for
• say in defense
• speak up for
• stand up for
• thump for

Weak matches

• back up
• cover for
• defend
• endorse
• go to the wall for
• recommend
• stand behind
• stand by
• stand up for
• support

Strongest matches

• back
• benefit
• bolster
• boost
• cooperate
• encourage
• further
• maintain
• promote
• push
• save
• serve
• stimulate
• support

Strong matches

• abet
• accommodate
• advocate
• ballyhoo
• befriend
• cheer
• endorse
• hype
• intercede
• patronize
• plug
• prop
• puff
• relieve
• sanction
• second
• succor
• sustain
• uphold

Weak matches

• be of use
• buck up
• do a favor
• do a service
• do one's part
• go to bat for
• go with
• lend a hand
• open doors
• root for
• see through
• stand by
• stump for
• take under one's wing
• work for

Strongest matches

• aid
• approve
• assist
• back
• bolster
• boost
• endorse
• establish
• help
• hold
• justify
• maintain
• promote
• side with
• uphold

Strong matches

• abet
• advance
• carry
• champion
• cheer
• comfort
• countenance
• forward
• foster
• second
• stay
• substantiate
• sustain
• verify

Weak matches

• agree with
• bear out
• boost morale
• get behind
• go along with
• go to bat for
• keep up
• plead for
• pull for
• put forward
• rally round
• stand behind
• stand up for
• stick by
• take one's side
• take the part of
• throw in one's lot with
• throw in with

Strongest matches

• assist
• bolster
• buoy
• continue
• defend
• help
• nurse
• preserve
• save

Strong matches

• aid
• approve
• back
• bankroll
• bear
• befriend
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• comfort
• confirm
• convey
• endorse
• favor
• feed
• foster
• lug
• nourish
• nurture
• pack
• prolong
• prop
• protract
• ratify
• relieve
• supply
• support
• tote
• transfer
• transport
• uphold
• validate
• verify

Weak matches

• go for
• keep alive
• keep from falling
• keep going
• lend a hand
• provide for
• shore up
• stand by

Strongest matches

• advocate
• confirm
• defend
• encourage
• endorse
• hold to
• justify
• promote
• side with
• stand by
• vindicate

Strong matches

• aid
• assist
• back
• bolster
• boost
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• champion
• countenance
• elevate
• help
• hoist
• prop
• raise
• rear
• second
• sustain
• uplift
• upraise

Weak matches

• back up
• buoy up
• hold up one's end
• pick up
• shore up
• stick by
• take up
• upbear
• uprear