Antonyms for stand up

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

Synonyms for stand up

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