if someone with a gun tells you to stick ’em up, they are ordering you to raise your arms above your head, usually because they are going to steal money or goods from you
to continue upwards further than the end of a surface or the main part of an object
to raise something upwards, especially your arm or hand
to steal money or goods from a person or place using a gun
Maggie stuck up her hand to answer the question.
The oil rig stuck up out of the darkness.
You’ve got a bit of hair sticking up at the back.
an attempt to stick up a local bank
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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