stand behind


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stand

verb1. To adopt a standing posture.Also used with up:arise, get up, rise, uprise, upspring.Idiom: get to one's feet.2. To restore to or place in an upright or proper position.Also used with up:right.3. To put up with.Also used with for:abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand.Informal: lump.Idioms: take it, take it lying down.4. Informal. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another):treat.Informal: set up.Slang: blow.Idiom: stand treat.phrasal verb
stand behindTo aid the cause of by approving or favoring:advocate, back, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand by, support, uphold.Idioms: align oneself with, go to bat for, take the part of.phrasal verb
stand byTo aid the cause of by approving or favoring:advocate, back, champion, endorse, get behind, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, support, uphold.Idioms: align oneself with, go to bat for, take the part of.phrasal verb
stand for1. To serve as an example, image, or symbol of:epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, represent, symbol, symbolize, typify.2. To serve as an official delegate of:represent, speak for.phrasal verb
stand inTo act as a substitute:fill in, substitute, supply.Informal: pinch-hit, sub.phrasal verb
stand out1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit:bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stick out.2. To be obtrusively conspicuous:glare, stick out.Idioms: stare someone in the face, stick out like a sore thumb.phrasal verb
stand up1. To prove valid under scrutiny:hold (up), prove out.Informal: wash.Idioms: hold water, pass muster, ring true.2. To withstand stress or difficulty:bear up, endure, hold up.