stand up for (third-person singular simple present stands up for, present participle standing up for, simple past and past participle stood up for)
- (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
- She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.
- Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them.
- Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in.
- 2000 December 3, J. Stewart Burns, Futurama, episode 32: “The Cryonic Woman”,
- Michelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!
to speak or act in support or defense of
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- Finnish: puolustaa (fi)
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- German: eintreten für, sich einsetzen für
- Hungarian: kiáll (hu)
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- Spanish: romper una lanza por
- Swedish: stå upp för (sv)
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- Ukrainian: відсто́ювати impf (vidstójuvaty), відстоя́ти pf (vidstojáty), посто́яти pf (postójaty)
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