"stand behind" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stand behind.ogg [Australia] Forms: stands behind [present, singular, third-person], standing behind [participle, present], stood behind [participle, past], stood behind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> behind}} stand behind (third-person singular simple present stands behind, present participle standing behind, simple past and past participle stood behind)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To support; express one's support for, especially despite opposition; to stick with a decision. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to support): seistä takana (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-stand_behind-en-verb-LGrVPbbp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (behind) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (behind): 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to support': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stand, behind.
    Sense id: en-stand_behind-en-verb-r1qXq59O Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (behind) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (behind): 46 54

Inflected forms

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