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stand upon

stand upon verb: synonym of stand on.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of stand on
    • And ſo I would ſir, good my ſaucie companion! an' you were out o' mine vncles ground, I can tell you; though I doe not ſtand vpon my gentilitie neither in't.1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene...
    Synonyms:
    stand on

Synonyms of stand upon

Forms of stand upon

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

Questions about stand upon

What does stand upon mean?
Stand upon means synonym of stand on.
What part of speech is stand upon?
Stand upon is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand upon?
The past tense of stand upon is stood upon.

Words near stand upon in the dictionary

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

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