stand up against
stand up against · stands up against · stood up against · standing up against
To defy or challenge someoneTo defy or challenge someone
» We all must stand up against this.
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5 sentencesWe all must stand up against this.
It is difficult to actually stand up against the flow.
We have to stand up against racism.
Meaning
1 sensesTo defy or challenge someone
Forms
stands up against, standing up against, stood up against, stood up againstirregular · Lesson
| Base form | stand up against · to stand up against |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stands up against |
| Present participle | standing up against |
| Past simple | stood up against |
| Past participle | stood up against |
Tenses
stand up against · stood up against · will stand up against · have stood up againstPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
20 phrasal verbs- stand upвставати, встативставать, встатьaufstehenponerse de pie, levantarsese leveralzarsi in piediwstać, wstawaćlevantarTo rise from a lying or sitting position.
- stand inden Platz übernehmen, Ersatzmann seinhacer las veces, formarzastąpić, zastępowaćyerini almak, yerine çalışmaksubstituirTo substitute for; to replace
- stand onTo continue following the same course.
- stand byбыть в ожиданииesperarse tenir prêtbyć w gotowościesperarTo wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- stand outdesentonarfaire tache, détonneressere fin troppo evidente, dare nell'occhiodiferenciar-se entre outrosTo jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.).
- stand up forвідстоювати, відстоятизащищатьeintreten fürsalir en defensa dedéfendrestawać w obronieTo speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
- stand overTo be very watchful of.
- stand up toпротистоятипротивостоятьWiderstand leistentenir têtetenere testastawić czołakafa tutmakTo object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling).
More 12
- stand backвідступати, відступитидержаться сзади, отойтиzurücktretenreculerdar espaçoTo maintain distance.
- stand forозначатиозначатьunterstützen, eintretenTo advocate; to support.representar, significarrappresentare, significarequerer dizer, significarTo mean; to symbolize; to represent; especially of an acronym or abbreviation.
- stand aroundTo stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.
- stand toTo tolerate (something); to be able to withstand (something) stressful that will be ultimately beneficial.
- stand in forзамещать, заместитьsich ersetzenhacer las veces de/por, formar porremplacer, suppléersostituire, fare le vecizastępować, zastąpićTo replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
- stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.
- stand withTo back or side with; to support (in reference to literally standing alongside someone to show one's support).
- stand offTo stand some distance apart from something or someone.
- stand downTo wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture.
- stand up againstTo defy or challenge someone
- stand up withTo publicly support (someone).
- stand underdatedTo withstand, resist or endure.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.