stand up
Dictionary
verb
- To rise from a lying or sitting position.
"Stand up, then sit down again."
- To bring something up and set it into a standing position.
"Laura stood the sofa up on end."
- (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
"John stood Laura up at the movie theater."
- (of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
- (of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
- (of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
- To launch, propel upwards
- To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
- To make one's voice heard, to speak up
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