stand up

Definition

To rise from a lying or sitting position.

Etymology

From Middle English standen up, from Old English standan up; equivalent to stand + up. Compare Old Norse standa upp.

Example Sentences

• "Stand up, then sit down again."
• "He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side."
• "Laura stood the sofa up on end."

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