Usually means: Defend beliefs or others actively.
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  1. stand up for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stand up for: Merriam-Webster
  3. stand up for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stand up for: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stand up for: Wiktionary
  6. stand up for: Dictionary.com
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  1. stand up for: Legal dictionary

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  1. stand up for: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

Similar:
stick up for, take up for, stand up with, defend, stand behind, stand for, stand with, take a stand, take up the cudgel for, advocate, more...

Opposite:
abandon, betray, surrender, give up, forsake

Phrases:
to stand up for, stand up for yourself, stand up for someone, stand up for oneself, stand up for myself, more...

Adjectives:
hold, standing, stay, stay at home, pocket, onward, tarry, going, put up, stout

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Similar:
stick up for, take up for, stand up with, defend, stand behind, stand for, stand with, take a stand, take up the cudgel for, advocate, more...

Opposite:
abandon, betray, surrender, give up, forsake

Phrases:
to stand up for, stand up for yourself, stand up for someone, stand up for oneself, stand up for myself, stand up for what's right, cant stand up for themselves, stand up for my group, more...

Adjectives:
hold, standing, stay, stay at home, pocket, onward, tarry, going, put up, stout



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