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单词 sticking up for
释义

sticking up for

phrase

present participle of stick up for
1
as in defending
to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections She is known for always sticking up for what is right.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • defending
  • justifying
  • maintaining
  • upholding
  • standing up for
  • supporting
  • advocating
  • affirming
  • asserting
  • proclaiming
  • discussing
  • confirming
  • championing
  • pleading
  • insisting
  • stating
  • protesting
  • vindicating
  • espousing
  • arguing
  • claiming
  • contending
  • emphasizing
  • debating
  • averring
  • avowing
  • underlining
  • professing
  • warranting
  • underscoring
  • stressing
  • avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • taking back
  • abandoning
  • withdrawing
  • retracting
  • forsaking
  • reversing
  • switching
  • recanting
  • abjuring
  • refuting
  • disproving
  • rebutting
  • controverting
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as in advocating
to promote the interests or cause of He stuck up for his colleague during the debate.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • advocating
  • endorsing
  • supporting
  • holding a brief for
  • plonking (for)
  • going to bat for
  • plumping (for)
  • plunking (for)
  • backing
  • standing up for
  • going in for
  • embracing
  • championing
  • adopting
  • patronizing
  • helping
  • assisting
  • indorsing
  • aiding
  • bailing out
  • talking up
  • siding (with)
  • reinforcing
  • saving
  • propping (up)
  • preaching
  • abetting
  • forwarding
  • bolstering
  • espousing
  • seconding
  • backstopping
  • rescuing
  • furthering
  • buttressing
  • boosting
  • advancing
  • reenforcing
  • plugging
  • delivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • opposing
  • interfering
  • frustrating
  • baffling
  • thwarting
  • disappointing
  • failing
  • sabotaging
  • letting down
  • foiling
  • deserting
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