stand to
(adverb) military to assume positions or cause to assume positions to resist a possible attack
stand to reason to conform with the dictates of reason: it stands to reason that pigs can't fly
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How to use stand to in a sentence
Here I met with Will Bowyer, and had a promise from him of a place to stand to-morrow at his house to see the show.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysWho were the engineers who constructed artificial rocking stones and skilfully poised them where they stand to-day?
Archaic England | Harold BayleyAnd Florence chose the pillars, which stand to-day beside the eastern gate of the Baptistery in that city.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonI stand to-day, as I believe, in the presence of greater events than those which attend the making of a President.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene ChittendenAs things stand to-day a council of city men are not likely to advance salaries where their police court is losing money.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott Parry
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