stand on

verb

1. (adverb) to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading

2. (preposition) to insist on

   to stand on ceremony

3. informal,  to be independent or self-reliant

Idioms and Phrases

Be based on, depend on, as in Our success will stand on their support . [c. 1600]

Insist on observance of, as in Let's not stand on ceremony . This usage today is nearly always put in a negative context. [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

"It's always every musician's dream to stand on a big stage and do the big stuff," said 66-year-old Mr Pratt, speaking to the BBC.

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His stand on Israel has cost him support “from a significant part of my base, and I’m well aware it may cost me my seat. I’m completely at peace with that.”

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The movie is too structurally wobbly to stand on its own.

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Players stand on a dance platform or mat and hit coloured arrows with their feet, to score points in time with visual cues and the music from a catalogue of songs.

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When they play their rough games, I stand on the side and watch.

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