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stand - verb

  1. To adopt a standing posture. arise, get up, rise, uprise, upspring. See rise.
  2. To restore to or place in an upright or proper position. right. See horizontal.
  3. To put up with. abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. Informal lump. See accept.
  4. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another): treat. Informal set up. Slang blow. See pay.

stand behind - phrasal verb

  1. To aid the cause of by approving or favoring: advocate, back, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand by, support, uphold. See support.

stand by - phrasal verb

  1. To aid the cause of by approving or favoring: advocate, back, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, support, uphold. See support.

stand for - phrasal verb

  1. To serve as an example, image, or symbol of: epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, represent, symbol, symbolize, typify. See substitute.
  2. To serve as an official delegate of: represent, speak for. See substitute.

stand in - phrasal verb

  1. To act as a substitute: fill in, substitute, supply. Informal pinch-hit, sub. See substitute.

stand out - phrasal verb

  1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stick out. See convex.
  2. To be obtrusively conspicuous: glare, stick out. See see.

stand up - phrasal verb

  1. To prove valid under scrutiny: hold(up), prove out. Informal wash. See true.
  2. To withstand stress or difficulty: bear up, endure, hold up. See continue.