stand up for

English

Verb

stand up for (third-person singular simple present stands up for, present participle standing up for, simple past and past participle stood up for)

1. (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

   She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.

   Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them.

   Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in.

   • 2000 December 3, J. Stewart Burns, Futurama, episode 32: “The Cryonic Woman”,

     Michelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!

Synonyms

• stick up for

Related terms

• stand up
• stand up to

Translations

to speak or act in support or defense of

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁護／拥护 (zh) (yōnghù), 挺身而出 (zh) (tǐngshēn'érchū), 捍衛／捍卫 (zh) (hànwèi), 堅持／坚持 (zh) (jiānchí)

• Dutch: opkomen voor
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• Finnish: puolustaa (fi)
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• German: eintreten für, sich einsetzen für
• Hungarian: kiáll (hu)
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• Polish: stawać w obronie impf, stanął w obronie pf
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• Spanish: romper una lanza por
• Swedish: stå upp för (sv)
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• Ukrainian: відсто́ювати impf (vidstójuvaty), відстоя́ти pf (vidstojáty), посто́яти pf (postójaty)