■ stick up for

■ stick up for
■ stick up for
v. i. + avv. + prep. (fam.)
1 prendere le parti di (q.); parteggiare per; prendere le difese di; appoggiare; sostenere: to stick up for a friend, prendere le difese di un amico
2 (anche leg.) rivendicare: to stick up for one's rights, rivendicare i propri diritti.

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