stand up for sth/sb
also stick up for sth/sb— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
B2 to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked:
It's high time we all stood up for our rights around here.
Don't be bullied, learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe in.
More examples
- You have to learn to stand up for yourself.
- With five older brothers I soon learned to stand up for myself.
- You have to stand up for your rights - you can't let them walk all over you.
- He's a big boy - I'm sure he can stand up for himself.
- The prime minister reiterated that he would stand up for British interests abroad.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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