stand for something
(REPRESENT)Definition
› to represent something: She explained that DIN stands for "do it now." Uncle Sam stands for the US.
(Definition of stand for something (REPRESENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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stand by someone/something phrasal verb SUPPORT
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stand for something phrasal verb SUPPORT
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