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stand or fall by sth
Definition
› to depend completely on something for successEssential or necessary
(Definition of stand or fall by sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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stand noun (SPORT)
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stand on ceremony idiom
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stand on your dignity idiom
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stand on your hands/head idiom
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stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand or fall by sth idiom
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stand out against sth/sb phrasal verb
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stand out phrasal verb
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stand over sb phrasal verb
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stand sb in good stead idiom
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stand sb up phrasal verb
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SMART Thesaurus: Essential or necessary
Synonyms and related words:
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically adverb
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- call for sth phrasal verb
- dependence noun
- elemental adjective
- essential adjective
- essentially adverb
- incumbent adjective 2
- indispensable adjective
- inherent adjective
- integral adjective
- interdependent adjective
- necessitate verb
- necessity noun
- need noun
- need verb (MUST DO)
- needed adjective
- requisite adjective
- symbiosis noun
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