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standing up for

standing up for is the present participle and gerund of stand up for.

Meaning of stand up for

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
    • She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.
    Synonyms:
    stick up for, defend

Questions about standing up for

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

Words near standing up for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: standing up for (page history and authors); stand up for (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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