Synonym: arise, bristle, get up, hold up, hold water, place upright, rise, stand, stick up, uprise. Similar words: stand up to, stand up for, end up, wind up, round up, end up with, stand, stand out. Meaning: v. 1. rise to one's feet 2. refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack 3. put into an upright position 4. be standing; be upright 5. defend against attack or criticism 6. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. 7. rise up as in fear stand-up. adj. requiring a standing position.
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181. Here's one you can do when you're waiting in that boring old queue. Stand up straight.
182. With output recovering, the prime minister, Hanna Suchocka decided to stand up to Solidarity's threat to call a general strike.
183. I stand up and begin to look for the invisible rung.
184. But she decided Daniel's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment.
185. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill
186. At best it is an armchair consideration of whether the case would stand up in court.
187. Mariama was the first woman in the village to stand up against the traditional practice and refused to have her daughters mutilated.
188. All agreed that the United States had to stand up to the aggressors from the north, using whatever means were necessary.
189. Design: zip front top with lightly padded stand up neck plus long johns.
190. I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
191. The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya.
192. Learn to be assertive, stand up for yourself and your own value.
193. It is as well that such arguments do not stand up to serious scrutiny.
194. A big wine which will stand up to dishes like casseroles with a strong flavour.
195. Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight. Malcolm X
196. Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience.
197. He is respected as a leader who is willing to stand up to the West.
198. He and his Revolutionary Council expressed supreme confidence in their ability to stand up to the United States and its coalition partners.
199. We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!
200. To be frivolous, laps are not conserved, for where does your lap go when you stand up?
201. We all had to stand up in turn in front of the class and give a short talk, followed by a question-and-answer session.
201. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
202. Don't be spineless -- you have to stand up to people like that.
203. They made girls stand up for themselves and neatness, grooming and deportment were important.
204. I stand up and begin to walk, slowly crossing the stage at an altitude of three feet.
205. Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. Bob Marley
206. Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled.
207. Now, everybody open your seatbelt and stand up.
208. A racial sellout unwilling to stand up for himself?
209. "Stand up, please" she said in a orotund tone.
210. De you think this dress mate rial will stand up well under such conditions?
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