Usually means: Confront without fear or hesitation.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word stand up to:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. stand up to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stand up to: Merriam-Webster
  3. stand up to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stand up to: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stand up to: Wiktionary
  6. stand up to: Dictionary.com
  7. stand up to: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Stand up to: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  3. stand up to: Legal dictionary
  4. Stand up to: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand up to: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stand Up To: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (stand up to)

verb:  (transitive) To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling).
verb:  (transitive) To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.

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