restand
English
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editrestand (third-person singular simple present restands, present participle restanding, simple past and past participle restood)
- (intransitive, politics) To stand again (for office).
- 2003, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 21298:
- On 10 August 1977 he announced he would not restand for Lalor at the forthcoming election. He was replaced by my predecessor, Barry Jones.