to stand up for justice
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3.7
- phrasal verb
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defender la justicia
- During the protest, many citizens gathered to stand up for justice and demand equal rights.
I want to thank the individuals who stood up for justice on this trash can issue and reported me to the HOA.
- I want to thank the individuals who stood up for justice on this trash can issue and reported me to the HOA.
- I think it's that's something that I couldn't deal with because I'm a very I I do stand up for justice a lot.
Examples
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A minority of ordinary Germans even stood up for justice.
Blog text (25) -
One cannot stand up for "justice" for the Palestinian people while entirely ignoring the fate of women, gay people, and non-Muslims throughout the Muslim Middle East and still claim to stand for universal human rights.
Blog text (8) -
As an American Christian, I have the right to stand up for justice!
Academic text (1998) -
It's about what can be achieved when workers organize and stand up for justice.
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We have to stand up for justice; we have to support the oppressed.
Blog text (23) -
They are the good guys who will stand up for justice and right at the expense of a few dollars.
Academic text (1998) -
I think it's that's something that I couldn't deal with because I'm a very I I do stand up for justice a lot.
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Stand up for justice.
Academic text (2003) -
Rather than taking the Islamic position of standing up for justice and telling the Israelis, "I am sorry, sirs, I will not condemn Hezbollah or Hamas."
Blog text (9) -
In order to create a fair community, we must always stand up for justice when we see wrongdoing.
Synonyms
691
2.8
To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it
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2.7
Defend or support someone who is treated unfairly
135
3.1
Give your opinion clearly and firmly even when it is difficult
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4.3
To support someone when others criticize or attack them
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4.6
Publicly say you strongly agree or disagree with something
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3.7
To try to make things fair and protect people's rights
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6.3
To publicly show support, often when doing so is risky
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3.9
To support the rights of a group or person, often in law
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4.1
Join a public protest to call for fair treatment
To take action that supports justice
Begin to strongly defend a person or cause in public
To show publicly that you are against unfair treatment, often by joining a public march or speaking out
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partly built from the constituents: 'stand' (take/hold a position) + 'for' (in support of) + 'justice' (fairness), so the idea of defending or supporting justice is inferable. However the use of 'stand up' in the metaphorical sense of actively defending or speaking out relies on a non-literal extension of 'stand', so learners may need some exposure to map the physical sense to the figurative one.
Etymology
Stand up for justice comes from a simple picture: someone getting to their feet, standing up, when they see unfair treatment to show support instead of staying silent. That's why it means 'to speak or act in support of fairness'.