To stand up Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet . (b) To arise in order to speak or act . "Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed." Acts xxv. 18. (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair. (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend . "Once we stood up about the corn." Shak.