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stand for something

1. to permit something; to endure something. The teacher won't stand for any whispering in class. We just can't stand for that kind of behavior.

2. to signify something. In a traffic signal, the red light stands for "stop." The abbreviation Dr. stands for "doctor."

3. to endorse or support an ideal. The mayor claims to stand for honesty in government and jobs for everyone. Every candidate for public office stands for all the good things in life.

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However, that did not spoil the pleasure we had in each other's company; we did not gallop about as we once did, but we used to feed, and lie down together, and stand for hours under one of the shady lime-trees with our heads close to each other; and so we passed our time till the family returned from town. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context The reporter had merely come, by his presence in the office and in the printshop of the Winesburg Eagle, to stand for something in the young merchant's mind. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context The morning-redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen, and comes to stand to him for truth and faith; and, he believes, should stand for the same realities to every reader. Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context			stamp as stamp on stamp onto stamp out stamp out of stamp with stampede stampede in stampede into 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 By AC Supply Stand By For Ram stand by guns Stand by Me Stand By/Stop stand clear stand clear of something stand close to someone or something stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand comparison stand corrected Stand Density Index Stand Density Management Diagram stand down stand down stand down stand down stand down Stand Establishment Decision Aid stand facing stand fast stand fast stand fire stand firm stand firm stand firm against Stand Firm World Ministries stand for stand ground stand ground stand ground stand ground stand ground stand guard stand guard stand guard stand guard stand head and shoulders above Stand idly by stand in stand in stand in stand in stand in stand in awe stand in awe stand in for stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in good stead stand in need of stand in relation stand in relation to stand in someone's way stand in stead of stand in the place of stand in the way

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