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
The female 'art you think you'll mash, By sporting stick-up collars and a la-di-da moustache.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
