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Meaning: (intransitive)Torisefrom a lying or sitting position.Stand up, then sit down again.1909,Archibald Marshall[pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, inThe Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead and Company, published1919,→OCLC:He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her motherstanding upbefore the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.; (transitive)To bring something up and set it into a standing position; toset something up.Laurastoodthe sofaupon end.; (transitive,idiomatic)(stand someone up) Toavoidaprearrangedmeeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; tojiltorshirk.JohnstoodLauraupat the movie theater.2008Oct. 20,Jeph Jacques,Questionable Content 1255:Consummate:— What?! Why did you come HERE then? You should be at a hospital!— A gentleman neverstandsa ladyup.; (intransitive,of a thing)Tolastorendureover a period of time.1969May 23, “Planetary Exploration: Doubleheader on Venus”, inTime:Both Venus 5 and Venus 6 had apparentlystood upwell under the rigors of their 217-million-mile trips.; (intransitive,of a person or narrative)To continue to bebelievable,consistent, orplausible.1974December 23, “Watergate: Getting Out What Truth?”, inTime:Ehrlichman's story did notstand upunder Neal's grilling.2013, Dennis Ford,Things Don't Add Up: A Novel of Kennedy Assassination Research:This kind of evidence wouldn'tstand upin court.; (intransitive,cricket,of a wicket-keeper)To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from asloworspin bowler, and to attempt tostumpthe batsman.; (transitive)Tolaunch, propel upwards2011September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, inBBC Sport:It was a dreadful goal to concede as Ariel Ibagaza was able to take a short corner and then receive the return ball in space on the left. Hestood upa floated cross into the middle where Fuster arrived unmarked to steer a header into the corner.; (US,military,transitive)To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).; To make one's voice heard, tospeak up.2008, Lindy Scott,Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change, Wipf and Stock Publishers,→ISBN,page 4:But my biblical and theological commitments tell me we need tostand upand be counted for the issues of neighbor care and creation care. We need to speak up.2015, Jeremy Gutsche,Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas, Crown,→ISBN,page15:We're a lion sitting under the tree, watching the hyenas as they stalk our territory. They're coming right up to us. They scratch. They push. They're eating our food! At a certain point, we need to remember that we're a f***ing lion. We need tostand up, and we need to f**ing roar!2015, Christopher Bollen,Orient, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN,page160:Don't we as citizens deserve the truth? We need tostand upand demand answers.2017, BusinessNews Publishing,Summary: Time to Get Tough: Review and Analysis of Donald Trump's Book, Primento,→ISBN,page 8:We need tostand upand stop this happening right here right now. China needs to know the United States will not tolerate the wholesale thievery of U.S. technology and trade secrets.; (intransitive,formal)To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.Will youstand upfor me (as mybest man) at the wedding?The bridesmaids willstand upover there during the ceremony.
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