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standing under

standing under is the present participle and gerund of stand under.

Meaning of stand under

Verb

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

  1. (dated, transitive) To withstand, resist or endure.
    • You must stand under those temptations, no matter how alluring they are.

Questions about standing under

What is standing under the present participle and gerund of?
Standing under is the present participle and gerund of stand under.

Words near standing under in the dictionary

  1. standing to
  2. standing to reason
  3. standing together
  4. standing treat
  5. standing trial
  6. standing under
  7. standing up
  8. standing up against
  9. standing up and being counted
  10. standing up for
  11. standing up on one's hind legs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: standing under (page history and authors); stand under (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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