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stand up against

stand up against verb: to defy or challenge someone.

Verb

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

  1. To defy or challenge someone
    • In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.2000, The Bible (World English). Daniel 11.14

Forms of stand up against

third-person singular presentstands up against
present participlestanding up against
past participlestood up against
paststood up against

Questions about stand up against

What does stand up against mean?
Stand up against means to defy or challenge someone.
What part of speech is stand up against?
Stand up against is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand up against?
The past tense of stand up against is stood up against.

Words near stand up against in the dictionary

  1. stand together
  2. stand treat
  3. stand trial
  4. stand under
  5. stand up
  6. stand up against
  7. stand up and be counted
  8. stand up and give it to him
  9. stand up for
  10. stand up guy
  11. stand up guys

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