stick someone/something up

stick someone/something up
informal rob someone at gunpoint

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • stick up something — stick up (someone/something) to steal from a person or place, using a weapon as a threat. Some guy tried to stick up a coffee shop and got caught. Related vocabulary: hold up someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick with something — stick with (someone/something) to continue to be closely involved with someone or something. Stick with me, and we ll do lots of interesting things. Once Stephen takes up a hobby, he sticks with it …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick by something — stick by (someone/something) to support someone or something. He stuck by his earlier statements and never changed his story. She stuck by him through all the years of his illness …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick (someone) with something — stick (someone) with (someone/something) to force someone to do something or to have responsibility for someone. She claims that big power companies cut costs and stick their customers with high prices. They go out dancing and stick me with the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick (someone) with someone — stick (someone) with (someone/something) to force someone to do something or to have responsibility for someone. She claims that big power companies cut costs and stick their customers with high prices. They go out dancing and stick me with the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick (someone) with — (someone/something) to force someone to do something or to have responsibility for someone. She claims that big power companies cut costs and stick their customers with high prices. They go out dancing and stick me with the baby …   New idioms dictionary

  • stick someone with something — tv. to urden someone with something. □ Please don’t stick me with the stick shift again. □ He left town and stuck me with the bill …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • stick someone/thing up — informal rob someone or something at gunpoint. → the sticks …   English new terms dictionary

  • stick — [stik] n. [ME stikke < OE sticca, akin to Du stek, ON stik < IE base * steig , a point > STAKE, Frank * stakka, Gr stigma, L instigare, INSTIGATE] 1. a long, usually slender piece of wood; specif., a) a twig or small branch broken off or …   English World dictionary

  • stick up someone — stick up (someone/something) to steal from a person or place, using a weapon as a threat. Some guy tried to stick up a coffee shop and got caught. Related vocabulary: hold up someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

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