stick up
Example Sentences
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Williams’ “stick-up boy” character Omar Little on “The Wire” — a fictionalized look at the underpinnings of Baltimore that ended in 2008 but remains popular in streaming — was based on a real-life figure.
From Seattle Times
Freddie Mercury, a young pit bull mix — brown, with pretty chestnut eyes and big, stick-up ears — was adopted from the Philly Bully Team as a happy, friendly puppy.
From Seattle Times
Omar was based on stick-up men Simon and Burns had encountered in real life, but Williams made the character his own.
From Washington Post
Little, a “stick-up boy” based on real figures from Baltimore, was probably the most beloved character among the devoted fans of “The Wire,” the HBO show that ran from 2002 to 2008 and is re-watched constantly in streaming.
From Seattle Times
And yet the transition to bank robbery is played for laughs, Cherry and his always-high, bumbling crew play at being stick-up men.
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
