If you stick up for a person or a principle, you support or defend them forcefully.
I can stick up for myself...
= stand up for
PHRASAL VERB : V P P n
If you stick up for a person or a principle, you support or defend them forcefully.
I can stick up for myself...
= stand up for
PHRASAL VERB : V P P n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006