stand for


verb(intr, preposition)
  1. to represent or mean

  2. mainly British to be or become a candidate for

  1. to support or recommend

  2. informal to tolerate or bear: he won't stand for any disobedience

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How to use stand for in a sentence

  • How, but as a man of principle, shall he stand for-ever in our memory and in the human mind?

    Senatorial Character | C. A. Bartol

Other Idioms and Phrases with stand for

stand for

Represent, symbolize, as in The stars and stripes stands for our country. [Early 1600s]

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