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stand someone up to fail to meet someone you had arranged to see. Chuck and I had a date for dinner and he stood me up. The mayor stood up the visitors because of an emergency city council meeting. See also: stand stand up to prove to be true or correct. The way this contract is written now, it wouldn't stand up in court. Detectives checked his alibi and it stood up, so they let him go. See also: stand How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Stand up again," then said the King, "I'll thee thy pardon give; Stand up, my friend,who can contend, When I give leave to live? "I assure you," said she, "I would not stand up without your dear sister for all the world; for if I did we should certainly be separated the whole evening. I should like to hear any man stand up and say I want to bet unfair. |
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