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Stick up

To rob at gunpoint.

📖 Definitions of "Stick up"

verb
  1. 1

    To rob at gunpoint.

    "I think they intend to stick up the bank."

  2. 2

    To be prominent; to point upwards.

    "No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up."

  3. 3

    (with for) To speak or act in defence (of).

    "Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself."

  4. 4

    (with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to.

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