stand up
— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
A2 to be in an upright position on your feet; to get yourself into an upright position on your feet:
I've been standing up all day and I'm really tired.
It was customary then for children to stand up when the teacher came into the classroom.
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- pew
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand aside
- stand round
- strike
- surface
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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If an idea or some information stands up, it is proved to be true or correct:
Their evidence will never stand up in court.
Their argument won't stand up to detailed criticism (= when it is studied critically).
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Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest
- authenticate
- back sb up
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- belie
- catch
- colour
- do justice to yourself idiom
- documentary
- establish
- evidence
- explode
- explosion
- proof
- supportable
- testament
- the acid test
- the burden of proof idiom
- undocumented
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