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sticking up forphrasepresent participle of stick up for to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objectionsShe is known for always sticking up for what is right. defending, justifying, maintaining, supporting, upholding advocating, championing, espousingconfirming, vindicating, warrantingaffirming, asserting, averring, avouching, avowing, claiming, contending, insisting, pleading, proclaiming, professing, protesting, statingarguing, debating, discussingemphasizing, stressing, underlining, underscoring standing up for abandoning, abjuring, forsaking, recanting, retracting, taking back, withdrawingreversing, switchingcontroverting, disproving, rebutting, refuting to promote the interests or cause ofHe stuck up for his colleague during the debate. advocating, backing, championing, endorsing(also indorsing), patronizing, plumping (for), plunking (for)or plonking (for), supporting adopting, embracing, espousingabetting, aiding, assisting, helping, propping (up), seconding, siding (with)backstopping, bolstering, boosting, buttressing, reinforcing(also reenforcing)advancing, forwarding, furtheringplugging, preaching, talking upbailing out, delivering, rescuing, saving going in for, going to bat for, holding a brief for, standing up for baffling, foiling, frustrating, interfering, opposing, sabotaging, thwartingdeserting, disappointing, failing, letting down |