stick up (someone/something)

to steal from a person or place, using a weapon as a threat.

Some guy tried to stick up a coffee shop and got caught.

Related vocabulary: hold up someone/something

• give a lot of stick
• give a miss
• give a monkey's
• give-and-take
• give and take
• give an earful
• give an even break
• give a new lease of life
• give an inch
• Give an inch and take a mile.
• Give an inch and they'll take a mile.
• pick something apart
• pick something off
• pick something to pieces
• pick to pieces
• pick up
• pick up marbles
• pick up marbles and go home
• pick up marbles and leave
• pick up on
• pick up on something
• pick up something
• pick up speed
• pick up steam
• pick up the ball and run