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stand on

verb

  1. adverb to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading
  2. preposition to insist on

    to stand on ceremony

  3. stand on one's own feet or stand on one's own two feet informal.
    to be independent or self-reliant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The singer urged critics seeking to cancel performing opportunities to “stand on it being because of your Zionism” instead of linking support for Palestinians to antisemitism.

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"China believes that all parties should stand on the side of fairness... and should defend international economic and trade rules and the multilateral trading system."

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Throngs of people precariously stand on the medians as high-speed traffic whizzes by.

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The ruins of Inch still stand on the other side of Downpatrick and, in recent years, were a major filming location for Game of Thrones.

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Let’s say he’s concluded—which I think he has—to take a very, very firm stand on China, and probably end up with them having much more punitive tariffs than other countries.

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