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stand (up)on someone or something

to be on someone or something, standing. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) To help his back pain, he lay down on his tummy and Jill stood upon him, digging her toes into his back. Please don't stand on the bed.

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The stalls were laid on a slope instead of being level, and as my head was kept tied to the manger, I was obliged always to stand on the slope, which was very fatiguing. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context And they named certain of the great generals, and were in turn bidden to stand on one side together with those whom they had named. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			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 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 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 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 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

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