stand sb up
informal— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
B2 to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with:
I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- throw sth out
- turn sb away
- vote sth down
- wash
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