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stood up on one's hind legs

stood up on one's hind legs is the simple past and past participle of stand up on one's hind legs.

Meaning of stand up on one's hind legs

Verb

stand up on one's hind legs (third-person singular simple present stands up on one's hind legs, present participle standing up on one's hind legs, simple past and past participle stood up on one's hind legs)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To act boldly; to take responsibility.
    • I copied them out of an American Automobile Association report because I'm on the spot for a talk at the Kiwanis Club luncheon next week, and I've found that whenever you've got to stand up on your hind legs and expose your ignorance the best thing you can do is put down a nice thick smoke screen...1941, Popular Science, volume 138, number 3, page 140

Questions about stood up on one's hind legs

What is stood up on one's hind legs the simple past and past participle of?
Stood up on one's hind legs is the simple past and past participle of stand up on one's hind legs.

Words near stood up on one's hind legs in the dictionary

  1. stood up
  2. stood up against
  3. stood up and been counted
  4. stood up and was counted
  5. stood up for
  6. stood up on one's hind legs
  7. stood up to
  8. stood up to be counted
  9. stood up with
  10. stood upon one's terms
  11. stood upon points

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