stick up forsomething/someone
phrasal verbwithstickverbuk/stɪk/us/stɪk/stuck|stuck
informalC1
tosupportordefendsomeone or something,especiallywhen thatpersonor thing is beingcriticized:
I canstickup for myself.
It'ssweetthe way hesticksup for his littlebrother.
Backing, supporting & defending
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- allyyourselfto/withsomeone
- argumentation
- backbone
- badge
- bailout
- champion
- keep the flag flyingidiom
- recommended
- red carpet
- reinforce
- right behindsomeoneidiom
- roll out the red carpetidiom
- root
- root forsomeone
- stick
- stick together
- sympathetic