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stand up for

Idioms  

  1. Also, stick up for. Side with, defend, as in Paul always stands up for what he thinks is right, or Ginny has learned to stick up for her family. The first recorded use of the first term is by Shakespeare in King Lear (1:2), when Edmund, Gloucester's bastard son, says: “Now gods, stand up for bastards!” The colloquial variant was first recorded in 1837.

Example Sentences

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But Karli did not want me to stand up for him.

From Literature

Why didn’t she stand up for me?

From Literature

She’d been trying to stand up for me!

From Literature

“I have to learn to stand up for myself now. I am done being bullied by anyone.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We need to stand up for women's rights and yes, we're glad to be here and I'm glad my daughters come with me , we've been here quite a few years and I'm glad to see so many people out," she said.

From BBC

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