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stand between

stand between verb: to block or be a barrier to (someone or something).

Verb

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

  1. To block or be a barrier to (someone or something).

Forms of stand between

third-person singular presentstands between
present participlestanding between
past participlestood between
paststood between

Questions about stand between

What does stand between mean?
Stand between means to block or be a barrier to (someone or something).
What part of speech is stand between?
Stand between is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand between?
The past tense of stand between is stood between.

Words near stand between in the dictionary

  1. stand around
  2. stand aside
  3. stand at attention
  4. stand back
  5. stand behind
  6. stand between
  7. stand by
  8. stand confessed
  9. stand corrected
  10. stand down
  11. stand easy

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