stand from under | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated)to escape something falling or being thrown from above.1873,W. H. G. Kingston,The Three Admirals:"Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.1884December 10,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens],The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)[…], London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC:I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready tostand from underwhen the lightning struck.

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