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standby
Synonyms and Antonyms of standby
- our old standby in times of trouble
anchor, buttress, dependence (also dependance), mainstay, pillar, reliance
stand by
Synonyms and Antonyms of stand by
- no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision
abandon, abnegate, desert, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender
abjure, recall, recant, reconsider, renege, renounce, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withdraw
controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute
contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, repudiate
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