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to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval
a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis
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Recent Examples of stood up
In one scene, Cathy asks her longtime maid, Nelly, to pull her corset tighter as a sort of self-punishment, and as her skin curled grotesquely beneath the corset strings onscreen, an older couple stood up and left the theater.
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Thirst finally quenched, the animal stood up, took a suitably epic pee, then walked toward the spot where our vehicle was parked.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Vonn stood up after the crash and skied down the hill.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Booker stood up to the Boilermakers’ bigs, blocking three shots of his own, playing a season-high 35 minutes three days after being iced out of the rotation against the Buckeyes.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
As officers worked to get the sedan’s other occupants out, Rose stood up and ran past the apartment complex gate, the footage shows.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
The restaurateur, celebrity chef, and Food Network star stood up for his employees — literally — after taking a nasty fall on set.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
Passengers in front and behind us whispered, a few stood up, and some clung to the bars and handles.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Lemon stood up as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 1 Feb. 2026
Rachel Handler, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Thirst finally quenched, the animal stood up, took a suitably epic pee, then walked toward the spot where our vehicle was parked.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Vonn stood up after the crash and skied down the hill.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Booker stood up to the Boilermakers’ bigs, blocking three shots of his own, playing a season-high 35 minutes three days after being iced out of the rotation against the Buckeyes.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
As officers worked to get the sedan’s other occupants out, Rose stood up and ran past the apartment complex gate, the footage shows.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
The restaurateur, celebrity chef, and Food Network star stood up for his employees — literally — after taking a nasty fall on set.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
Passengers in front and behind us whispered, a few stood up, and some clung to the bars and handles.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Lemon stood up as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood up
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The couple moved to the Middle East and worked as pastor and pastor’s wife, ministering to expatriates, learning Arabic and homeschooling their growing brood.—
Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Some groups like Ramapo and the DNA Doe Project, a pioneering nonprofit that has worked with law enforcement agencies and medical examiners to help solve more than 150 cases using genetic genealogy, rely in part or entirely on networks of volunteers for their genealogy work and do it at no cost.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
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Ukraine’s frontline defenses have held up – but only just.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Canadians struck with a shorthanded goal from Kristin O’Neill early in the second period, and that held up until Knight deflected a shot from the point by Laila Edwards to tie the score.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stood up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stood%20up. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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