stick up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar el asalto o robo a alguien o a un lugar amenazando con un arma, o bien para defender o apoyar a alguien o algo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of robbing someone or a place at gunpoint, or to defend or support someone or something.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Rob at gunpointinformal

   To rob someone or a place using a weapon, typically a gun.

   Atracar a punta de pistola

   • The masked man tried to stick up the bank.
   • They were planning to stick up the convenience store.
   • He was arrested for sticking up a gas station.

   Sinónimoshold upknock overmugrob

2. Protrude or extend upwardinformal

   To project or point upward from a surface.

   sobresalir hacia arriba

   • His hair sticks up in the morning.
   • A sign stuck up from the ground.
   • The antenna sticks up from the roof.

   Sinónimosjutprojectprotrudestand up

Verbo basestick