stand on

verb

1. adverb to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading
2. preposition to insist on

   to stand on ceremony

3. stand on one's own feet or stand on one's own two feet informal.
   to be independent or self-reliant

Example Sentences

The actual Dole banana taped to the wall of Sotheby’s on Wednesday evening was bought earlier in the day from a nearby fruit stand on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 35 cents.

From New York Times

Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily, is taking the stand on Wednesday in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life imprisonment.

From BBC

Student Alaw Jones, who is the ninth generation of her family to farm livestock in west Wales, said her parents had always planned to hand down the business to her and her sister but now "all the work they have done to build the business and get this farm to stand on its own just feels like it's for nothing."

From BBC

One passenger wrote on X that they were "being made to stand on the tarmac in a very cold Verona waiting for an already delayed flight".

From BBC

For its own safety, California will need creative new policies that can stand on their own.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• hinge on
• rest on
• revolve around