stand upverb

• 1

  To rise from a lying or sitting position.

  • Stand up, then sit down again.
  • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
• 2

  To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.

  • Laura stood the sofa up on end.
• 3

  (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.

  • John stood Laura up at the movie theater.
  • — What?! Why did you come HERE then? You should be at a hospital! — A gentleman never stands a lady up.
• 4

  To last or endure over a period of time.

  • Both Venus 5 and Venus 6 had apparently stood up well under the rigors of their 217-million-mile trips.
• 5

  To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.

  • Ehrlichman's story did not stand up under Neal's grilling.
  • This kind of evidence wouldn't stand up in court.
• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesTo stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.

• 7

  To launch, propel upwards

  • It was a dreadful goal to concede as Ariel Ibagaza was able to take a short corner and then receive the return ball in space on the left. He stood up a floated cross into the middle where Fuster arrived unmarked to steer a header into the corner.
• 8

  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).