stand up

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Verb 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.1.4 See also 1.2 Anagrams

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[edit] Verb

to stand up (third-person singular simple present stands up, present participle standing up, simple past and past participle stood up)

1. (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.

   Stand up, then sit down again.

2. (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position.

   Laura stood the sofa up on end.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person); to jilt or shirk.

   John stood Laura up at the movie theater.

   • 2008-10-20, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1255: Consummate

     — What?! Why did you come HERE then? You should be at a hospital!

     — A gentleman never stands a lady up.

4. (intransitive, cricket, 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• stand up to
• stand up for
• stand-up

[edit] Related terms

• stand
• stand down

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• sit down
• sit up
• lie down
• get up

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adnpstu
• dustpan