stand on ceremony

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stand on ceremony

to hold rigidly to protocol or formal manners. (Often in the negative.) Please help yourself to more. Don't stand on ceremony. We are very informal around here. Hardly anyone stands on ceremony.

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For most people this practice continues today, with homes have more relaxed and informal atmospheres were friends are made to feel at home without having to stand on ceremony. Using Colour within Your Home by Sergio Carrera / Home based business community Initially brought in as one for the future by boss Mick McCarthy, Elokobi was not about to stand on ceremony and promptly won a place in the starting line-up which as yet he has not relinquished. George out to make a mark; WOLVES NEWS by Birmingham Mail (England) She refused to stand on ceremony and made them help with cooking and mucking out the stables. Zara gets savaged by mum by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back stand back of stand between stand by stand corrected stand down stand for stand ground stand head and shoulders above stand in stand in awe stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together stand trial stand up stand up against			stand in stead of stand in the place of stand in the way stand in the way of Stand Inside Your Love stand knee-deep in something Stand Like A Rock stand method Stand Mute Stand of ammunition Stand of arms Stand of colors stand off stand off stand off stand off stand off stand off from Stand Off Jammer Counter Stand Off Range Stand Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition System stand oil stand oil stand oils stand oils stand on stand on stand on stand on stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head stand on its head Stand on one's head stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet stand on own two feet Stand on the Ugra River of 1480 stand on two feet stand one’s ground stand opposite stand or fall by stand out stand out stand out stand out

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