"stand up to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: stands up to [present, singular, third-person], standing up to [participle, present], stood up to [participle, past], stood up to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> up to|head=stand up to}} stand up to (third-person singular simple present stands up to, present participle standing up to, simple past and past participle stood up to)
  1. (transitive) To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling). Tags: transitive Translations (object or interfere): 面對 /面对 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 面對 /面对 (min⁶ deoi³) (Chinese Cantonese), 面對 /面对 (miànduì) (Chinese Mandarin), nousta vastaan (Finnish), vastustaa (Finnish), tenir tête (French), Widerstand leisten (German), sich entgegenstellen (German), 面對 /面对 (mien-tui) (Hakka Chinese), tenere testa (Italian), stawiać czoła [imperfective] (Polish), stawić czoła [perfective] (Polish), cum ri (Scottish Gaelic), stå emot (Swedish), kafa tutmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stand_up_to-en-verb-rbh0gNpv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "to", English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 62 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hakka translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'object or interfere': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of. Tags: transitive Related terms: stand up, stand up for Translations (withstand): 經得起 /经得起 (ging¹ dak¹ hei²) (Chinese Cantonese), 經得起 /经得起 (jīngdeqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kestää (Finnish), tenir (French), supporter (French), standhalten (German), gewachsen sein (German), выде́рживать (vydérživatʹ) (Russian), выносить (vynositʹ) (Russian), cum ri (Scottish Gaelic), tåla (Swedish), stå emot (Swedish), stå pall för (Swedish), hålla för (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stand_up_to-en-verb-Kem9Fxm3 Disambiguation of 'withstand': 4 96

Inflected forms

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          "word": "tåla"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynositʹ",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "выносить"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "cum ri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "tåla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "stå emot"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "stå pall för"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "withstand",
      "word": "hålla för"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand up to"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": bīn-tùi / biān-tùi vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "stand up to"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "stand up to",
  "trace": ""
}

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