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stand-up

verb as in cock

verb as in wash

verb as in wear

Strongest matches

Strong matches

adjective as in erect

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To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.

Spencer, 27,  is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?

He might even stand up for these rookies he was now calling children of God.

Kanye West wants people to stand up and dance at his concerts.

Then, as Squinty remembered how he had been taught to stand up on his hind legs, he thought he would do that trick now.

Have plenty of chairs ready in the drawing-room, as an invitation to dinner by no means argues a "stand up" party.

The red comb on the top of his head has teeth like a carpenter's saw, and is so large it will not stand up straight.

He was thought brave, for no man in the Ozarks dared to stand up against him in a fight, but at heart he was a coward.

From that day my affairs have gone from bad to worse, and I have naught in the wide world but the clothes I stand up in.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stand-up, such as: appropriate, good, honest, honorable, legal, and legitimate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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