To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing).
To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.
To rob at gunpoint.
To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
To speak or act in defence (of).
To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
To be prominent; to point upwards.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking.