"stand on ceremony" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stand on ceremony.ogg [Australia] Forms: stands on ceremony [present, singular, third-person], standing on ceremony [participle, present], stood on ceremony [participle, past], stood on ceremony [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> on ceremony}} stand on ceremony (third-person singular simple present stands on ceremony, present participle standing on ceremony, simple past and past participle stood on ceremony)
  1. (idiomatic) To act in a formal, ceremonious, or overly polite manner. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: stand upon ceremony Related terms: airs and graces Translations (act in a formal manner): အားနာ (a:na) (Burmese), 拘於禮節 (Chinese Mandarin), 拘于礼节 (jūyú lǐjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 講客套 (Chinese Mandarin), 讲客套 (jiǎng kètào) (Chinese Mandarin), 見外 (Chinese Mandarin), 见外 (jiànwài) (Chinese Mandarin), 客氣 (english: be (overly) polite) (Chinese Mandarin), 客气 (kèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 拘禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 拘礼 (jūlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pönöttää (Finnish), jäykistellä (Finnish), kruusailla (Finnish), kursailla (Finnish), faire des manières (French), faire des façons (French), faire des âties [Lorraine, colloquial] (French), fare complimenti (Italian), 形式張る (keishikibaru) (alt: けいしきばる) (Japanese), 遠慮する (enryo-suru) (english: hold back) (alt: えんりょする) (Japanese), ceregielić się [imperfective] (Polish), certolić się [imperfective] (Polish), certować się [imperfective] (Polish), fazer cerimônia (Portuguese), церемо́ниться (ceremónitʹsja) (Russian), понашати се формално (ponašati se formalno) (Serbo-Croatian), cumplir con las formalidades (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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