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stand on
verb
- adverb to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading
- preposition to insist on
to stand on ceremony
- stand on one's own feet or stand on one's own two feet informal.to be independent or self-reliant
Example Sentences
Gibson’s art is all about making a place in the world where fear — the feeling of being overwhelmed by the speed and volume of modern life, the seemingly intractable political divide, the malignant racism that plagues the nation — has no toehold, much less a leg to stand on.
Owned by a visionary businesswoman and one of the few independent women's football clubs not affiliated to a men's team, London City Lionesses stand on the brink of history.
The singer urged critics seeking to cancel performing opportunities to “stand on it being because of your Zionism” instead of linking support for Palestinians to antisemitism.
"China believes that all parties should stand on the side of fairness... and should defend international economic and trade rules and the multilateral trading system."
Throngs of people precariously stand on the medians as high-speed traffic whizzes by.
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