stickle¹ /stikˈl/

1. To be scrupulous or obstinately punctilious
2. To regulate a contest (obsolete)
3. To mediate (obsolete)
4. To interpose (obsolete)
5. To contend, stand up (with for)

1. To scruple
2. To compose (obsolete)
3. To stop contention between (obsolete)
4. To contend (obsolete)

• take the mickey
• take the micky
• take the mike
• take the piss
• take the piss out of
• take the place of
• take the pledge
• take the plunge
• take the rap
• take the reins
• take the road
• take the rue
• take the sacrament
• take the shilling
• take the shine off
• take the shine out of
• take the sting out of
• take the sun
• take the teeth out of
• take the trouble
• take the veil
• take the wheel
• take the wind out of someone's sails
• take the word
• take the words out of someone's mouth