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Definition of “stick-up”

stick-up

Definitions

noun

  1. (slang (mainly US) a robbery at gunpoint; hold-up

verb

stick up adverb
  1. tr (slang (mainly US) to rob, esp at gunpoint
  2. intr foll by for (informal) to support or defend ⇒ stick up for oneself

Example Sentences Including 'stick-up'

Does a day go by these days without a cancer stick-up in Edmonton?
Edmonton Sun (2003)
His most famous line, Kurlansky tells us, was `Up against the wall motherf***er, this is a stick-up ".
Times, Sunday Times (2004)
Q) Is it correct to wear a butterfly, stick-up collar with a DJ?
Times, Sunday Times (2001)

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