stand from under
stand from under verb: to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
Verb
stand from under (third-person singular simple present stands from under, present participle standing from under, simple past and past participle stood from under)
- to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
- "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.1873, W. H. G. Kingston, The Three Admirals
- 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.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
Forms of stand from under
| third-person singular present | stands from under |
|---|---|
| present participle | standing from under |
| past participle | stood from under |
| past | stood from under |
Questions about stand from under
- What does stand from under mean?
- Stand from under means to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
- What part of speech is stand from under?
- Stand from under is a verb.
- What is the past tense of stand from under?
- The past tense of stand from under is stood from under.
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