stood still

Verb

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

1. (figuratively, sometimes) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
   • My legs were stiff because I'd been standing still for a long time.
2. to tolerate
   • Will you accept your second class status
     A nation of waitresses and waiters
     Will you mix their martinis
     Will you stand still for it
     Or will you take to the hills1987, Roger Waters, “Home”, in Radio K.A.O.S.