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stand up with

stand up with verb: to publicly support (someone).

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To publicly support (someone).
    • [I]t was important as a woman to stand up with other women and raise our voices against the injustice.2001 September 9, Ann Patchett, “Numbers: Women Among Women”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Nov 2013
    • He continued: "So I am standing up with the community and the villagers of Surrey to say 'No'."2011 January 20, Ella Pickover, “Al Fayed threatens to 'take council to hell'”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Nov 2013
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) In a wedding ceremony, to serve as best man or as maid of honor or as an official witness for (someone).
    • It was a quiet wedding. . . . Marshall P. Wilder, the humorist, who is a warm personal friend of the bride, stood up with her, and Mr. Cramer, who is connected in an editorial capacity with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, and Mrs. Cramer, were the only other witnesses.1891 October 6, “Notable Wedding”, in Lawrence Daily Journal, retrieved 26 Nov 2013, page 1
    • Mrs. Herbert Schmidt, of Hoboken, acted as bridesmaid. . . . Edwin Scheuine stood up with Rudy.1931 July 9, “Rudy Vallee Weds Faye Webb, Actress”, in Lewiston Daily Sun, retrieved 26 Nov 2013, page 6
  3. (archaic, idiomatic, transitive) To begin to dance with (someone); to dance with (someone).
    • "If Mrs. Gilbert wishes to dance," said he, "I shall have great pleasure, I am sure—for, though beginning to feel myself rather an old married man, and that my dancing days are over, it would give me very great pleasure at any time to stand up with an old friend like Mrs. Gilbert."1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 38, in Emma: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
    • Lord Silverbridge made up his mind that as he could not dance with Miss Boncassen he would not dance at all. He was not angry at being rejected, and when he saw her stand up with Dolly Longstaff he felt no jealousy.1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 32, in The Duke's Children

Forms of stand up with

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

Questions about stand up with

What does stand up with mean?
Stand up with means to publicly support (someone).
What part of speech is stand up with?
Stand up with is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand up with?
The past tense of stand up with is stood up with.

Words near stand up with in the dictionary

  1. stand up on one's hind legs
  2. stand up paddleboarding
  3. stand up to
  4. stand up to be counted
  5. stand up to one's lick log
  6. stand up with
  7. stand upon
  8. stand upon one's dignity
  9. stand upon one's terms
  10. stand upon points
  11. stand with

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