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🧍 To rise ✊ To resist 🛡️ To endure 📚 To make upright
to stand up

to stand up

559 1.0
To get up from sitting or lying and be on your feet
  • phrasal verb
  • /stænd ʌp/
translation icon : ponerse de pie
  • Please stand up so everyone can see you during the presentation.
  • stand up and walk
  • people stand up
  • stand up and say

A surprisingly high number of people stand up to wipe.

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Examples

  • So let's just practice it, stand up and applaud, OK?

  • Then finally, Joshua pushed back his chair and stood up, the hangdog fear suddenly gone.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Yes, just stand up and ask a few times.

  • Would you like to stand up now?

  • Because we need to stand up and to say enough.

  • You can stand up back there.

    Late Night with the Devil (2024)

  • Stand up slowly, walk ahead of me and open the door.

    Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

  • Stand up, the way a noble Roman should!

    Spartacus (1960)

  • When we finished the pecan pie, I stood up to clear the table.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When his eyes adjusted, Stace stood up to talk with one of the men.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

to stand
vsto stand up
∞ 1.0

To be or put something in an upright position

is about moving from sitting or lying into the feet not just being upright
to get up
vsto stand up
695 1.0

To stand up from sitting or lying down

is the simple act of moving to the feet after sitting or lying
to rise
vsto stand up
319 1.0

To get up from bed or from a sitting position

is the general act of moving to the feet rather than leaving bed specifically
to arise
vsto stand up
44 3.0

Get up from bed, a chair, or the floor

is the general movement to the feet not focused on bed contexts
to get to one's feet
vsto stand up
20 2.9

To stand up after sitting or lying down and to recover after a problem

is the general move to the feet without implying a response
to uprise
vsto stand up
8.6

To stand up from sitting or lying down

is the basic action of moving to the feet without special emphasis

Antonyms

to sit down
∞ 1.0

Move from standing into a chair or onto the ground

How Fast

to spring
141 1.0
to stand up
559 1.0
to get up
695 1.0
to rise
319 1.0

Surface Forms

stand up infinitive
stood up past
stood up past participle
standing up present participle
stands up third person singular

Morphology

stand + up

There is a clear link between 'stand' (to endure or resist) and the MWE meaning, while the particle 'up' functions as an intensifier that yields a confrontational sense; however the precise sense 'confront/refuse to back down' is not entirely predictable from the parts for an unexposed B1 learner. This pattern is partially compositional but relies on phrasal-verb semantics that vary cross-linguistically, so prior exposure usually helps.

Etymology

Stand up comes from the simple picture of a person pushing themselves from a chair onto their feet — you move into a stand and go up. So, it means 'to rise to a standing position'.