stand up

verb stands up · standing up · stood up

1. intransitive To rise from a lying or sitting position. Stand up, then sit down again.
2. transitive To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up. Laura stood the sofa up on end.
3. idiomatic, transitive (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk. John stood Laura up at the movie theater.
4. intransitive, of a thing To last or endure over a period of time. Both Venus 5 and Venus 6 had apparently stood up well under the rigors of their 217-million-mile trips.
5. intransitive, of a person or narrative To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible. Ehrlichman's story did not stand up under Neal's grilling.
6. intransitive, of a wicket keeper To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
7. transitive To launch, propel upwards It was a dreadful goal to concede as Ariel Ibagaza was able to take a short corner and then receive the return ball in space on the left. He stood up a floated cross into the middle where Fuster arrived unmarked to steer a header into the corner.
8. US, transitive To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
9. To make one's voice heard, to speak up. But my biblical and theological commitments tell me we need to stand up and be counted for the issues of neighbor care and creation care. We need to speak up.
10. formal, intransitive To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony. Will you stand up for me (as my best man) at the wedding?