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TO STICK UP FOR

Definition: TO STICK UP FOR

TO STICK UP FOR

1. To assert and defend; as, to stick up for one's rights or for a friend. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Usage: TO STICK UP FOR

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Somebody who taught me that there are people willing to stick up for other people no matter what it costs them. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: TO STICK UP FOR

Domain	Title
Books	A Teacher's Guide to Stick Up for Yourself: A 10-Part Course in Self-Esteem and Assertiveness for Kids: Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and posi (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: TO STICK UP FOR

Language		Translations for "TO STICK UP FOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		pártját fogja vkinek (to fight sy's battle, to side with sy, to stick up for sy, to take part with sy, to take sy's part, to take up sy's quarrel), kiáll vki mellett (to stand up for sy, to stick up for sy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		庇う (to cover up for someone, to plead for, to protect someone, to take under one's wing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かばう (to cover up for someone, to plead for, to protect someone, to take under one's wing). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay ickstay upay orfay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO STICK UP FOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-f-i-k-o-o-p-r-s-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: prosciutto.
	-3 letters: outtricks.
	-4 letters: futtocks, outcrops, outports, outrocks, outskirt, outstrip, outtrick, porticos, postriot, stickout, stockpot, tipstock, tortious.
	-5 letters: citrous, copious, copouts, furioso, futtock, octopus, octrois, outcrop, outfits, outport, outpost, outrock, portico, profits, protist, riotous, risotto, sickout, sportif, stickup, tourist, tricots, tropics, turfski, turkois, uproots, upticks, utopist.
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Alternative Orthography: TO STICK UP FOR

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 53 54 49 43 4B 55 50 46 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010101 01010000 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#85 &#80 &#32 &#70 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0053 0054 0049 0043 004B 0055 0050 0046 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925354433745255502404952

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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