standing chop

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noun

NZ (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing uprightCompare underhand chop

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Words nearby standing chop

stand in awe, stand in for, standing, standing army, standing broad jump, standing chop, standing committee, standing crop, standing cup, standing cypress, standing desk

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How to use standing chop in a sentence

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
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However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.
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Yet another video catches the sounds of the gunshots and shows Brinsley standing by the parked radio car.
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He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
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Not only is he wrong—but the true patriots are the ones standing up for pluralism in America.
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.
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Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.
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