stand up for

Idioms and Phrases

Also, stick up for . Side with, defend, as in Paul always stands up for what he thinks is right , or Ginny has learned to stick up for her family . The first recorded use of the first term is by Shakespeare in King Lear (1:2), when Edmund, Gloucester's bastard son, says: “Now gods, stand up for bastards!” The colloquial variant was first recorded in 1837.

Example Sentences

“But how could I not stand up for my people?” she says when I first visit her Porter Ranch home in late September.

From Los Angeles Times

After being on “Parks,” directors on other sets treat me differently but also I now would stand up for myself more.

From Los Angeles Times

“There are members of this party that we are not going to be able to convince to actually stand up for working people,” Andrabi said.

From Salon

"I want to stand up for victims of abuse, whether corporate or domestic, to let them know that they can speak up too."

From BBC

Send that to as many people in your life as you can, and then lean into what they say in response, and hold fast to each other and stand up for those values.

From Slate

Related Words

• advocate
• condone
• confirm
• countenance
• defend
• explain
• favor
• maintain
• rationalize
• support
• sustain
• uphold
• validate
• vindicate
• warrant