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stand·ing up

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  1. standing up

    A ship in good trim, and well attended to, is said to stand well up to her canvas.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of standing up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of standing up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of standing up in a Sentence

  1. Jennifer Bauwens:

    ' Standing up to protect the opportunities, physical safety, and mental health' of those who identify as LGBTQ means a whole lot more – and something wholly different – from what President Biden thinks it means.

  2. Matthew Greene:

    I liked the fact that they seemed to be standing up to some of the street violence, standing up for some of the people who were being harassed on the streets, in my mind it seemed like someone defending the defenseless.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    And instead of standing up against bigotry and white supremacy.

  4. Boris Herrmann:

    Greta is amazingly courageous to be standing up against ignorance and injustice regarding the climate crisis, i feel humbled that Greta accepted our offer as the lowest-carbon option to cross the Atlantic -- despite the lack of comfort for her.

  5. Steve Hilton:

    This is one of the worst national humiliations we've seen since we went cap in hand to the IMF in the 1970s, the truth is that China is a rogue state just as bad as Russia or Iran, and I just don't understand why we're sucking up to them rather than standing up to them as we should be.

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