stand : Idioms & Phrases

• a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone.

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• noun an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing
  coat tree; clothes tree.
  

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• noun a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
  grandstand.
  

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• a frame for holding cruets; a caster.

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• noun a stand for cruets containing various condiments
  

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• noun a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
  Battle of the Little Bighorn; Battle of Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn.
  

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• the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm. Knight.

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• a stand for flower pots.

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• the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc.

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• noun a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court
  

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• the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts.

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• noun a light stand for holding sheets of printed music
  music rack.
  

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• not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

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• noun a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night
  
  • he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands
• noun a performance in one place on one night only
  

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• noun a stand from which a parade or military force can be reviewed
  

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• an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, used by women at their work.

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Sta"ble stand`

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1. (O.Eng. Law) The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.

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• verb stay clear of, avoid
  keep one's eyes off; stay away; keep one's hands off; keep one's distance.
  
  • Keep your hands off my wife!
  • Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous
• verb stand away from an object or person
  
  • He stood back to look at her

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• verb not act or do anything
  
  • He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators
• verb be available or ready for a certain function or service
  stick around; stick about.
  
• verb be loyal to
  stick by; stick; adhere.
  
  • She stood by her husband in times of trouble
  • The friends stuck together through the war

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• (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready.

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• verb refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
  stand firm; stand fast; hold firm.
  

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• verb stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
  resist; withstand; hold out.
  
• verb refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
  stand firm; stand fast; hold firm.
  

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• verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
  symbolise; typify; symbolize; represent.
  
  • What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
• verb denote or connote
  signify; intend; mean.
  
  • `maison' means `house' in French
  • An example sentence would show what this word means
• verb take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
  represent; correspond.
  
  • Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin
• verb tolerate or bear
  hold still for.
  
  • I won't stand for this kind of behavior!

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• verb watch over so as to protect
  stand guard; keep guard; stand sentinel.
  
  • We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves
  • The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen

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• verb be a substitute
  fill in; sub; substitute.
  
  • The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
  • The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet

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• the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together.

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• . (Mil.) See under Arms.

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• (Mil.), a single color, or flag. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)

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• noun a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
  

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• verb be highly noticeable
  jump; jump out; stick out; leap out.
  
• verb distinguish oneself
  excel; surpass.
  
  • She excelled in math
• verb steer away from shore, of ships
  
• verb be stubborn in resolution or resistance
  

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• verb refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
  stand firm; stand fast; hold firm.
  

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• verb watch over so as to protect
  stand guard; keep guard; stand sentinel.
  
  • We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves
  • The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen

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• verb remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile
  
  • Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by

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• verb rise to one's feet
  get up; rise; uprise; arise.
  
  • The audience got up and applauded
• verb refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
  
• verb put into an upright position
  stand; place upright.
  
  • Can you stand the bookshelf up?
• verb be standing; be upright
  stand.
  
  • We had to stand for the entire performance!
• verb defend against attack or criticism
  stick up.
  
  • He stood up for his friend
  • She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student
• verb resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
  hold water; hold up.
  
  • Her shoes won't hold up
  • This theory won't hold water
• verb rise up as in fear
  uprise; bristle.
  
  • The dog's fur bristled
  • It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!

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• verb watch over so as to protect
  stand guard; keep guard; stand sentinel.
  
  • We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves
  • The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen

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• adjective satellite capable of operating independently
  

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Stand"-by` noun

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1. One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.

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• noun a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
  standdown.
  
• noun (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
  standdown.
  

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• noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
  fill-in; substitute; relief; backup; reliever; backup man.
  
  • the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
  • we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

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• adjective satellite requiring a standing position
  
  • a stand-up bar
  • a stand-up comic

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• noun a permanent army of paid soldiers
  

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• noun a permanent committee
  

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• noun a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
  SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure.
  
  • rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

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• noun a rule of order permanently in force
  

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• noun enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)
  ovation.
  

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• noun a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically
  

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• noun a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
  rib roast.
  

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• noun room for passengers or spectators to stand
  
  • there was standing room for thousands more people

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• noun a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
  menhir.
  

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• noun a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time
  stationary wave.
  

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• verb be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
  insist.
  
  • I must insist!

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• verb give testimony in a court of law
  bear witness; attest; testify.
  

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• to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.

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• to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed.

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• to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack.

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• to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy.

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• to stop; to arrest by obstacles or difficulties.

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• to opposite; to resist.

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• (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.

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• . (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present . (b) To be aside; to be aside with disregard .

  "In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected." Dr. H. More.

  (c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party. (d) To rest on for support; to be supported by . Whitgift.
• to aid, to support.

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• to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact. Wycherley.

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• to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable.

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• to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way.

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• to be satisfied or convinced of.

  "Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty." Shak.

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• . (a), To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend.

  "I stand wholly for you." Shak.

  (b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing.

  "I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another." Locke.

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• to cost.

  "The same standeth them in much less cost." Robynson (More's Utopia).

  The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. Burke.

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• to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.

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• to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous.

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• to take a position which is injurious to one's own interest.

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• to be of use or great advantage.

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• to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense.

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• to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.

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• . (a) To keep at a distance . (b) Not to comply . (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance . (d) To appear prominent; to have relief . "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." Sir H. Wotton.

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• (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it.

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• (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course.

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• to treat with ceremony.

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• to support one's self; to be independent.

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• to concern or affect one.

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• to stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. Atterbury.
• to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." Macaulay.

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• . (a) To project; to be prominent . "Their eyes stand out with fatness." Psalm lxxiii. 7. (b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede.

  His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. Shak.

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• . (a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using . "Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars." Dryden. (b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word. (d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground . "Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away." Bacon. (e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so. (f) To support; to uphold . "Stand to me in this cause." Shak.

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• (Naut.), to direct the course from land.

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• to be consistent; to agree.

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• to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.

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• to undergo; to withstand. Shak.

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• . (a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet . (b) To arise in order to speak or act . "Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed." Acts xxv. 18. (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair. (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend . "Once we stood up about the corn." Shak.

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• to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration.

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• . (a) To concern; to interest . (b) To value; to esteem . "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." Ray. (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. (d) To attack; to assault . A Hebraism

  "So I stood upon him, and slew him." 2 Sam. i. 10.

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• to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.

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• to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." Sir J. Davies.

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• noun furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term
  washstand.
  

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Wa"ter-stand`ing adjective

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1. Tear-filled. R. "Many an orphan's water-standing eye." Shak.

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• noun a box enclosure for a witness when testifying
  witness box.
  

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