stick up for

Verb

Meaning

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

(transitive) To defend or protect.
You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

stand-by back up stick by get behind benefact stand up for give as good as one gets stick one's neck out for go to bat for

Examples

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. Andrew Jackson

Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you. Ingrid Newkirk

If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that. Bobby Cox

Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women. Christina Aguilera

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules. Penn Jillette

You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion. Ginni Rometty

Close letter words and terms

stick to the rules stick together stick up stick weld stick welded stick welding