stand from under

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

1. (idiomatic, dated) to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
   • 1873, W. H. G. Kingston, The Three Admirals:

     "Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.

   • 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:

     I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.