| 单词 | to stick up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick up to stick up ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er) [verb (transitive)] > by tucking up to stick upc1330 tuckc1440 uptucka1529 c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 988 (MED) He stiked vp his lappes þo; In his way he gan to go. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 475 Stykkyn, or tukkyn vp cloþys, suffarcino,..succingo. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 504 Tukkyn vp, or stykkyn vp, suffarcino. 2. intransitive. To stand out vertically from a surface; to stand on end. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)] bristle1480 to stick upa1500 to stand or start widdershins1513 upstart1513 starta1522 stare?1523 to start up1553 rousea1616 horripilate1623 stiver1790 uprise1827 upstare1886 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 230 (MED) Who-so hath the browes stikkynge vp anent the noose into the templis in euery syde, bene foolis..tho wyche bene a-dred haue hare lokkis stickynge vp. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 74 The neckes of them doe seeme cut off, the ridgebone of their backe stickes vp of colour greene. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. I Goshawke goes in a shag-ruffe band, with a face sticking vp in't, which showes like an agget set in a crampe ring. 1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature ix. xvii. 300 When the South winds blow, their hair sticks up; but when the wind is in the North they fall so flat, that you would think they had none. 1762 London Chron. 29 June 3/2 It [sc. a fishing rod] stuck up in the mud by the side of her. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 15/3 Is it any wonder that cattle become diseased under such treatment, that the ribs stick out, and the hair sticks up, and the crows scent their prey? 1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers xi. 115 The toll-gate..had not yet been re-erected, and the bare posts stuck dismally up at the wayside. 1993 R. Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1994) 142 All we wanted to do was look at his tail, that was all. It was sticking up in the air. 2013 H. Black Doll Bones (2015) vi. 76 The hairs on the back of his neck stuck up, tickling his skin and making him shiver. 3. transitive. a. To place (something) so that it stands vertically; to plant (a spear, stake, etc.) by driving its point into the ground. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect rearOE rightOE to set upa1225 raisea1250 upreara1300 risea1400 to dress upc1400 stand?a1425 upsetc1440 dress1490 to stick up1528 arrect1530 erect1557 prick1566 upright1590 mounta1616 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix through-driveOE through-nimc1275 stickc1330 through-piercec1330 to stick througha1382 preenc1390 spitc1430 thirlc1450 broacha1470 prickc1475 to stick up1528 transfix1590 fix1638 bestick1667 impalea1678 spiculate1835 skewer1837 to strike through1893 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xxviiv To worshippe them with a Pater noster, an Ave & a Credo, or to sticke vp candels before their images. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 83 The skilful sheepheard pyld me certaine wands, And..stuck them vp before the fulsome Ewes. View more context for this quotation 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. ix–x. 78 His heart is not as..a stake that is sticked up, which euery hand may plucke awry. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xiii. 21 Stick up in the Vertical Line two Pins of equal height. 1755 Connoisseur No. 56. ⁋5 I likewise stuck up two Midsummer Men, one for myself, and one for him. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) ii. 36 [You] only wanted a wife to..stick up in your room, like any other fine piece of furniture? 1851 J. R. Lowell Unhappy Lot of Mr. Knott in Graham's Mag. Apr. 281/1 ‘The woodland I've attended to’; (He meant three pines stuck up askew). 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 219 As most photographers never do anything but ‘stick it up’ and ‘fire away’. 1914 C. T. Ames Rep. Work done Holly Springs Branch Exper. Station 1913 11 Now let him move the rod up or down the hill until the target is again on a line with the cross wires in the telescope. When this point is found, stick up a stake. 1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 213 If she'd set nice and the breeze was good, he'd stick up the stub mast and the lug. b. To impale (something, esp. a head or body) (on a stake or other pointed object). Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix > on the point of an instrument prickc1475 to stick up1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xi. B His weapens layed they in the house of their god, and styckte vp [Ger. hefften] his heade vpon the house of Dagon. 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia i. 3 With his keen javelin, spirit-haunted Saul Assay'd to stick up David 'gainst the wall. 1665 J. Brown Apologeticall Relation Sufferings Church Scotl. iv. 77 He..is beheaded & his head is stuck up upon the tolbooth of Edenburgh. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. viii. 123 We should then find that wretches, now stuck up for long tortures, lest luxury should feel a momentary pang, might..serve to sinew the state. 1837 S. Hack Let. Nov. in Austral. National Dict. (1988) at Stick up Cut from the hindquarters of a kangaroo and stuck up before the fire to roast, called in colonial phrase ‘stick ups’. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. 31 After it [sc. a scalp] has been stuck up upon a pole..and the warriors have danced around it for two or three weeks at intervals. 1891 Euroa (Victoria) Advertiser 5 June Slices of the meat were stuck up on ramrods and were soon frizzling before the fire. 1962 M. Scammell tr. K. Fedin Cities & Years 80 Disheveled, battered human heads stuck up on iron rods. 1997 A. Warner These Demented Lands 44 He..produced a crab apple from his biker jacket and stuck it up onto an end spike of the antler horns. 4. transitive. To fix (a sign, bill, notice, etc.) to a wall, post, etc.; to post, put up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [verb (transitive)] > publish by placard, notice, or bill > put up a placard, notice, or bill stickc1425 to set upc1540 to stick up1562 post1647 to put up1693 poster1938 1562 A. Golding tr. Briefe Treat. Burnynge Bucer & Phagius sig. E.4 Thys Cytacion, Uincent of Noally theyr common Notary..caused to be stucked vp in places conueniente. 1678 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 426 Programma stuck up in every College hall under the vicechancellor's hand that no scholar abuse the soldiers. 1703 Mirth & Wisdom 32 Even amidst this Croud of Reformers, there are Bills stuck up here and there, to encourage Debauchery. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 94 The Piece..was..reprinted..on a Broadside to be stuck up in Houses. 1821 Act 1 & 2 Geo. IV c. 44 § 65 The Company..shall..affix and stick up..upon every Stop-gate..an Account or List of the several Rates of Tonnage. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxviii. 197 You should be on the look-out when Debarry's side have stuck up fresh bills, and go and paste yours over them. 1922 P. S. O'Hegarty Short Mem. Terence MacSwiney v. 17 Many a night they spent in sticking up bills and posters on hoardings and on walls and on doors. 1937 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 25 June 4/3 A laundryman stuck up a poster in yellow and purple and red, showing a heroic lion trainer. 2014 S. C. Robinson Bk. in Society iv. 120 Instead of sticking up posters in public places..businesses could send their messages directly into their potential customers' homes. 5. transitive. a. To raise or thrust up (a part of the body); to put (one's head, hand, etc.) up. ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 336 Hurple, to stick up the back, as cattle under a hedge in cold weather. 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Homes of New World 110 Do not thousands of little dwarfs stick up their heads and fight with pins or pen-points? 1868 Athenæum 1 Aug. 142/3 He shrank up his snout, stuck up his bristles, and ran forward on all fours. 1938 A. I. Bezzerides Long Haul 93 ‘This to you—’ and he stuck up a thick forefinger. 1952 B. Mauldin Bill Mauldin in Korea 89 Last month you couldn't stick your head up without getting potted at. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 3 Nov. iii. 10/3 If you've never given your heart to Jesus and want to today, stick your hands up. b. colloquial (originally U.S.). In the imperative phrase stick 'em up!: a command, typically given by an armed robber or police officer, to put both hands in the air in surrender or to preclude resistance. Cf. hands up int. 2, put 'em up at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1903 Defiance (Ohio) Evening Express 1 May ‘Stick 'em up, Bill,’ quietly ordered Harper. ‘Wild Bill's’ hands went up. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock v. iii. 203 The children were scouting among the rubble with pistols from Woolworth's... Someone said in a high treble: ‘Stick 'em up.’ 1960 R. Dahl Kiss Kiss 245 ‘Stick 'em up!’ the cops shouted. ‘Stick 'em up!’ 1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin vi. 76 Sequences of spine-chilling drama, with people telling other people to stick 'em up and prodding them in the stomach with pistols. 2015 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 26 Feb. Commission of crime used to be a uniquely human affair. Someone would hide in a dark alley and yell ‘stick 'em up!’ 6. transitive. colloquial. To charge (something) (to an account); to obtain on credit. Now rare (Australian & New Zealand in later use). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (transitive)] > give credit to or for trustc1450 trist?a1600 frist1637 to stick upa1790 a1790 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash Langs. (1795) Hang, or stick it up, to leave a reckoning unpaid, to run a score. 1821 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. iii. 63 Verry vell, two pound, vith a pickled cowcumber, and a pen'orth o'ketchup, to make some gravy of; and stick it up to the bell!—d'ye hear? 1858 Bell’s Life in Sydney 17 July 3 That flash customer contrived to stick it up at my place to the tune of three bob; he also borrowed a couple of bottles of ginger pop. 1865 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Feb. 82/1 The means to get drunk, too, were obtained by all manner of contrivances. Some would ‘stick it up’ till Saturday night. 1871 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Victoria) 21 Jan. 1/2 I do not keep an account at Kett's; I may sometimes stick up drinks at Kett's; I believed that Kett gave the beer away free. 1906 E. W. Elkington Adrift in N.Z. 244 We then ‘stick up’ provisions in the store. 1922 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 14 Oct. Get your photo published Bill, because someone may stick up a few drinks in your name. 1931 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 Dec. 21/2 I'll just have to stick it up at Fisher's and pay it off week by week. 7. intransitive. colloquial. a. to stick up for: to support or defend (a person, cause, etc.). Cf. to stand up for at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1792 Sentimental & Masonic Mag. Nov. 459 Rights of Woman—Ay—ay—women always stick up for absolute power, wherever they can. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 167 I have..always stuck up for my college and never telegraph'd the big wigs. 1837 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 20 I shall always like him the better for ‘sticking up’ for old New England. 1878 M. Oliphant in Littell's Living Age 23 Feb. 476/1 Stick up for yourself, and other folks will think of you according, that's what I say. 1918 D. Haig Let. 16 June in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 421 I will give him every credit for being in a very difficult situation, and will stick up for him as I have hitherto done. 1969 J. Rhys in Times 28 June 19/2 He had liked the man, stuck up for him, laughed off his obvious eccentricities, denied point blank that he was certifiable. 2001 Independent 1 Feb. i. 13/1 I've got to stick up for what I believe in. 2003 M. Salzman True Notebooks xix. 223 If he was to survive, he had to stick up for himself. b. To stand up to a person; to offer resistance to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist withstandc888 withsake971 forstanda1000 to stand again ——OE withsetc1000 again-standOE to stand againOE warnc1175 wiþerhaldec1175 atstandc1220 astand1250 withsitc1300 sitc1325 asitc1330 (it) may well withc1395 reversea1400 resist1417 ofstandc1425 onstandc1425 gainstand?c1450 endure1470 obsista1475 repugna1513 recountera1525 occur1531 desist1548 impugn1577 obstrigillate1623 counter-stand1648 stem1675 repique1687 to make face to1807 to fight off1833 to stick up1838 bay1848 withstay1854 buck1857 1838 Central Criminal Court: Minutes of Evid. 9 217 When they got off the van, Fowler squared up at me—Conner called out to Fowler to stick up to me, and Conner made his escape. 1889 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 173 No matter how excellent may be the original disposition of the head boy, if there is no one who dare stick up to him, he soon becomes intolerable. 1935 N.Z. Herald 29 June (Suppl.) 15/4 He's the only man I've ever met who has stuck up to me. 2007 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 17 Aug. b1 Stick up to the bully. Don't say anything rude. Just say, ‘I don't like the way you're talking to me.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)] > hold one's own to stick up1858 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > be successful to stick up1858 to have a point1908 1858 C. Darwin Let. 23 Feb. in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 110 I admired the way you stuck up about deduction and induction. 8. intransitive. regional. With to: to pay amorous attention to, to woo. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] wooc1290 court1580 suitc1586 accourt1590 suitor1672 address1700 gallantize1728 philander1787 to stick up1830 spark1888 romance1931 lumber1938 1830 Monthly Traveller (Boston) Nov. 328/2 There was not a girl in the neighborhood whom Bill had not edged round, ‘or stuck up to’. 1853 ‘Dow, Jr.’ in W. Jerdan Yankee Humour 85 I will..stick up to them, so long as there is anything sticky in the first principles of love. 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. xvi. 216 It soon became known to the ladies..that the captain ‘was sticking up to “Miss”’. 1899 C. Gearey Rural Life x. 237 I doan't like ter see..a boy of sixteen sticking up to a gal. 1932 Adelaide Chron. 22 Sept. 58/3 Over on the Dandy run station was a little bit of skirt—housemaid or something—and I had an idea the little chap was sticking up to her, though I wasn't absolutely sure. 1940 Gnowangerup Star (W. Austral.) 24 Feb. This is terrible, Sergeant; f'r goodness sake don't drag us into this. He was stickin' up to our Poppy there. 9. transitive. slang (originally Australian, chiefly North American in later use). a. To stop and rob (a person or vehicle) at gunpoint; to rob (a bank or other establishment) at gunpoint; to hold up. Also in extended use: to stop and demand something from (a person), to extort something from. Cf. to hold up 5 at hold v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > hold up to stick up1838 to hold up1887 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > hold up (a suspect) to stick up1838 1838 Hobart Town Crier 29 June 3 One of Mr. Solomon's men,..asked Regan for a fowling piece, saying he would stick up Mr. Wright and his people. 1846 J. L. Stokes Discov. Austral. II. xiii. 502 It was only the previous night that he had been ‘stuck up’, with a pistol at his head. 1868 Bruce (N.Z.) Herald 16 Sept. 5/4 Cobb's coach was stuck up..by three armed men, who robbed the passengers and plundered the mails. 1877 Tel. & St Kilda Guardian (Victoria) 10 Nov. So long as they don't stick me up for a contribution—which they wouldn't get if they did—it perhaps matters little what I think or say about it. 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) xi. 116 They stuck up Wilson's station there, and murdered the man and woman in the kitchen. 1902 ‘O. Henry’ in Ainslee's Mag. Mar. 130/2 Gotch-Ear Rodgers was to stick up the station agent. 1906 G. E. Stevens Wicked City ii. i. 260 It wuz him an some odder guy wat does de stall act while dey as de ‘long an short’ go in an stick em up an cop de coin. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 76 They had served time for sticking up a variety store in Akron, Ohio. 1990 S. Turow Burden of Proof i. xii. 147 Two young neighborhood hoods, looking for nickels and dimes, tried to stick up the grandfather, and ended up shooting him dead. 2008 News Courier (Athens, Alabama) 26 July 1 A white male wearing a bandanna and white cap and brandishing a silver-plated handgun, stuck up the bank. b. Criminals' slang. Of the police: to stop or apprehend (a suspect). Now rare. ΚΠ 1856 Mt. Alexander Mail (Castlemaine, Austral.) 18 Mar. I have been stuck up for grog selling, and I want to prove that I am not guilty of it. 1878 Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 5/7 A son of Purukutu was the chief of the patrol of police who stuck up Te Kooti, and took away his stock of spirits. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 81 Anyway we'll sure be stuck up and frisked at Evanston. 1940 F. Sargeson Man & his Wife 57 George told a yarn about how he'd been stuck up by the police over that old man that was found dead in a swamp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > put batsman on defensive to stick up1844 1844 John Bull 15 June 371/3 Surrey then took up the bat, but the bowling fairly stuck them up. 1864 Baily's Monthly Mag. Sept. 297 Grundy and Wootton..put every batsman on the defensive, stuck them up, man after man, over after over,..and then sent each back to the Pavilion. 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket ix. 243 There are some bowlers who, by their wonderful accuracy of length, stick up the batsmen and get wickets on the most perfect grounds. 1904 P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes v. 70 Rhodes stuck up all the batsmen, with the exception of Trumper. 1924 Times 8 Aug. 5/1 He stuck up all the batsmen, except Butterworth, who faced him. 11. transitive. Australian and New Zealand. To bring (an animal, esp. a kangaroo) to bay. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > hunt down or bring to bay stallc1400 to set up1608 to run down1650 to hunt down1711 to tire down1835 to stick up1850 bail1872 1850 Illustr. London News 2 Mar. 144/3 A party of men and dogs have come up with the kangaroo—or, as it is called, are ‘sticking up a boomer’. ?a1880 G. L. Meredith Adventuring in Maoriland (1935) 97 In the morning our dogs stuck up a mob of pigs on a small, clear-topped rise. 1887 D. Macdonald Gum Boughs 15 The fiercest fighter [sc. a kangaroo] I ever saw ‘stuck up’ against a red gum tree. 1932 Dungog (New S. Wales) Chron. 16 Feb. Johnny Andrews and Tom Pritchell came down with a mob of wild 'uns [sc. cattle]... Some broke through. We had to ‘stick them up’ with the dogs. 1952 News (Adelaide) 23 Jan. 2/4 The two dogs stuck up a big ‘old man’..so in I went with a big malee stick and knife. 12. transitive. Australian and New Zealand. a. To prevent (a person, vehicle, etc.) from making progress; to hinder, frustrate; (also) to perplex, confound. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus stagger1556 gravel1566 set1577 trump1586 bumbaze1587 puzzlec1595 ground1597 stunt1603 nonplus1605 pose1605 stumble1605 buzzard1624 quandary1681 bamboozle1712 hobble1762 stump1807 have1816 floor1830 flummox1837 stick1851 get1868 to stick up1897 buffalo1903 1853 Argus (Melbourne) 10 June A very loud and general complaint about the condition of the northern part of Elizabeth-street, where we were lately told some seventeen bullock-drays were seen ‘stuck up’ at one time. 1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. v. 68 At last we came to a waterfall... This ‘stuck us up’, as they say here concerning any difficulty. 1887 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail 11 Now don't stick me up (disappoint); meet me at six to-night. 1897 Australasian 2 Jan. 33/1 The professor seems to have stuck up any number of candidates with the demand that they should construct [etc.]. 1937 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 5 Nov. 14/4 A man who drove to town in a sulky, had his horse stick him up when he started home. 1959 L. Masters Tales of Mails 25 When they got stuck up in trying to get over the saddle..they naturally made back to get him to help them over with his horses. b. to be stuck up for: to be lacking or in need of (something). Cf. to be stuck for at sense 24d. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without wane971 quit?c1225 helpless1362 desolatec1386 wantsomea1400 ungirtc1412 voidc1420 wantinga1475 destitutea1500 unfurnished1541 defect1543 bankrupt1567 frustrate1576 wanting1580 wanting1592 sterile1642 minus1807 lacking1838 to be stuck up for1860 short1873 wanting1874 quits1885 light1936 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > have need of or to do needa1398 misterc1450 necessitya1616 to be stuck up for1860 1860 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Mar. 4/5 He took this step in order that the miners might not be stuck up for provisions when they arrived. 1864 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 1 Mar. 2/3 And so the Lyttelton jetty is stuck up for an engineer, just as the Cathedral is for an architect. 1915 ‘A. Hope’ Young Man's Year 299 We were absolutely stuck up for the rest of the money—couldn't go on without it, and didn't know where to get it. 1950 West Austral. (Perth) 22 July 13/3 (advt.) No ‘Chamberlain’ owner will be stuck-up for Spares. 1996 A. M. Young in M. Huxley AC/DC viii. 54 I used to get offered parts in these strip places... I did one once when I was a bit stuck up for money. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] protesta1486 assertionate1593 aver1599 contest1607 asseverate1807 gage1811 predicate1828 pose1840 to take one's dick1861 to stick up1876 1876 R. D. Blackmore Erema in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 743 Finer liars than he could ever stick up to be for a score of years have gone, time upon time, to the land of truth by means of that same view of things. 1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell III. i. 4 I never knew any good come, of those fellows, who stick up to be everything wonderful. < as lemmas |
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