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Stand up

verb

Rise to one's feet. Synonyms: arise, get up, rise, uprise.

Refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack.

Put into an upright position. Synonyms: place upright, stand.

Be standing; be upright. Synonym: stand.

Defend against attack or criticism. Synonym: stick up. "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"

Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.. Synonyms: hold up, hold water. "This theory won't hold water"

Rise up as in fear. Synonyms: bristle, uprise. "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"

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"Stand up" Quotes from Famous Books

... Everard. The old lady has set her heart on their marriage, and Ethelwyn, though she dares not break with him, she is so much afraid of her mother, yet keeps him somehow at arm's length. Then Judy is always begging me to stand up for her aunt. But what's the use of my standing up for her if she won't stand up for herself; she never says a word to me about it herself. It's all Judy's doing. How am I ...

— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... moment. You say your son won't be home from his work until supper-time, and your daughter has gone out for a walk. Come with me to Mr. Parker's, the Methodist minister, and let us join hands at the altar there. The gardener and his wife is always ready to stand up as witnesses. And when your son and your daughter comes home to supper, they can find their mother here afore 'em married ...

— A Chosen Few - Short Stories • Frank R. Stockton

... and retired into gloomy silence behind his newspaper. Drat these women anyhow. It was like some fool female to come there and rake up some old and defunct scandal. He'd stand up for Dick, if it ever came to a show-down. He liked Dick. What the devil did his mother matter, anyhow? If this town hadn't had enough evidence of Dick Livingstone's quality the last few years he'd better ...

— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... up the point, much grieved and strongly drawn to the little helpless one, rejected by his father, misused and cast off like his mother. Would no one stand up for him? Yes, it must be her part. She was his champion! She would set him forth in the world, by her ...

— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge

... me that you might stand up when I enter; not, perhaps, so much out of respect for your master, as because he is delicate and weak, and needs ...

— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach

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