Definitions from Wiktionary (stand up)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
▸ verb: (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
▸ verb: (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
▸ verb: (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
▸ verb: To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
stand up to,
stand up for,
stand up and be counted,
stand up with,
will the real please stand up,
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
▸ verb: (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
▸ verb: (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
▸ verb: (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
▸ verb: To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
▸ verb: (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
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comedy,
stand up comedy,
stand up routine,
stand up act,
stand up material,
stand up show,
stand up tour,
stand up special,
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