Synonyms of stood up

stood up

verb

past tense of stand up

as in flew

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flew
• worked
• held up
• passed
• passed muster
• held water
• washed
• went over
• went down
• played
• went through
• got through
• took

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stood up

Johnny Cash stood up against the Vietnam War and stood up for Native Americans, and country music wouldn’t play him. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026

Hill stood up and confronted Wilson immediately face-to-face before ordering him to go back to the huddle. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Neither partnership seems to have been publicly announced, though the NIH has already stood up an effort to build Medicare and Medicaid databases within the NIH in an effort to better understand autism. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

The hockey star stayed down on the ice for a few moments as teammates huddled around him, and Faber eventually stood up and skated off the ice on his own. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

David Montgomery was stood up at the line of scrimmage and the Texans' offense turned it over on downs. — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

No one stood up, and then there was nobody left to speak for me. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

At the end of Tuesday’s news conference featuring several local leaders, KNBC reporter Robert Kovacik, who was kneeling in the front row out of sight from the cameras, stood up and leaned over the tape line. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Thomas, who is Jewish, said that then a man stood up at the meeting and gave a Nazi salute, shouting Heil Hitler. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026