stand behind

phrasal verb

stood behind; standing behind; stands behind
: to support (someone or something)
I'll stand behind you no matter what you decide to do.
I'll stand behind your decision 100 percent.

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Kylie first appeared in the clip wearing a robe with her son Aire, 3, standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her, and Stormi sitting on her lap. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 Mahomes and the locker room clearly stand behind that philosophy. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025 In non-League, the convention for supporters is to stand behind the goal your side are shooting into, and therefore switch ends at half-time, which makes the difference in supporter numbers very easy to assess. Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 The Conservative used all her allotted questions to challenge whether Starmer was really going to stand behind his ambassador. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stand behind

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“Stand behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20behind. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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