STAND UP TO Definition & Meaning

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stand up to

Confront fearlessly, oppose boldly, as in You've got to stand up to the boss if you want him to respect you. [Early 1600s]

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If his body can stand up to the rigours of Test cricket.

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"I have to nod to Cassie Ventura for being so courageous to stand up to him," Pines says.

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All that time he was held in solitary confinement in a high security Belarusian prison for daring to stand up to a dictator.

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Can that Huntington Beach teach the rest of us a thing — or thirty — not just about how to stand up to despotism, but how to beat it back?

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"They either didn't think about it or didn't think new MPs would have the balls to stand up to them," reflected one.

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