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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : stand-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstændˌʌp



Definition of stand up

Origin :
  • Old English standan (class VI strong verb; past tense stod, past participle standen), from Proto-Germanic *sta-n-d- (cf. Old Norse standa, Old Saxon and Gothic standan, Old High German stantan, Swedish stå, Dutch staan, German stehen), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
  • Sense of "to exist, be present" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pay for as a treat" is from 1821. Phrase stands to reason (1620) is from earlier stands (is constant) with reason. Phrase stand pat is originally from poker (1882); stand down in the military sense of "go off duty" is first recorded 1916. Standing ovation attested by 1968; standing army is from c.1600.
  • As in perpendicular : adj at right angles to
  • As in right : adj fair, just
  • As in upright : adj straight-up
  • As in funnyman : noun joker
  • As in raise : verb lift; build from the ground
  • As in rise : verb get up; ascend
  • As in survive : verb continue to live
  • As in verify : verb confirm, validate
  • As in volunteer : verb offer to do something
  • As in wash : verb be convincing
  • As in wear : verb endure
  • As in pass muster : verb make the standard
  • As in jack : verb raise
  • As in prove out : verb wash
  • As in upraise : verb erect
  • As in uprear : verb erect
  • As in cock : verb aim up toward
  • As in disappoint : verb sadden, dismay; frustrate
  • As in erect : verb build; establish
  • As in hold : verb continue, endure
Example sentences :
  • S'pose you stand up there in the door with your back to the clearin'.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If he sat down his legs were gathered, and he seemed about to stand up.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Two stand up to wrestle, and are on the point of coming to blows.
  • Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In all the stand up there, wit' their flounces and jewels, there isn't a lady like her.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I'd like to hear Weary or anybody else stand up and tell me that I got bucked off.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • I told Arthur when he first come home to stand up against you.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • So he let it stand up stiffly behind him in the shape of a flagpole.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Stand up here, you Safety Scouts, and let's have a look at you.
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • I would not take the trouble to stand up in a quadrille, if I were in his place.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • "Stand up close to the wall, out of the line of fire from the door," I whispered.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

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