the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > in water, mud, etc., up to knees (2)
intransitive. To be determined or insistent. Cf. to stand on 2 at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.
to stand up to. intransitive. To meet, face, or withstand (an opponent, situation, etc.) courageously.