stand up for someone/something

(past tense and past participle stood) — phrasal verb with stand

/stænd/ verb (past tense and past participle stood /stʊd/)

Definition

› to defend or support someone or something: Don’t be bullied – stand up for yourself and your beliefs.

(Definition of stand up for someone/something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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