stand on
Britishverb
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(adverb) to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading
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(preposition) to insist on
to stand on ceremony
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informal to be independent or self-reliant
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Be based on, depend on, as in Our success will stand on their support . [c. 1600]
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Insist on observance of, as in Let's not stand on ceremony . This usage today is nearly always put in a negative context. [Mid-1500s]
Example Sentences
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Having driven up to Llyn Teifi in the Cambrian mountains, we stand on a bridge, surrounded by rocky outcrops and marshland.
From BBC
"We as Danes and as Europeans will really have to stand on our own feet," Frederiksen told parliament.
From BBC
I wanted to argue with Mama and Daisy but I realized that I didn’t have a leg to stand on.
From Literature
“No publisher in their right mind would stand on anything as insignificant as a contractual description in the face of such a work.”
From Los Angeles Times
Dr Mark Taubert, a palliative care consultant, said a lot of clinicians "are very nervous about this", adding that regardless where some stand on assisted dying "a lot of people think this Bill is a car crash waiting to happen".
From BBC
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