"stand on end" meaning in English

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      "form": "stood on end",
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        "past"
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      "form": "stood on end",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear."
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          "bristle",
          "bristle"
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          "fear",
          "fear"
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        "(of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear."
      ],
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "esborronar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "arrufar-se"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "zu Berge stehen"
        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "égnek áll"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "horreō"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "inhorreō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "moihi"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "mōihiihi"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "word": "torotika"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "stawać dęba"
        },
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          "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
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          "ref": "1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93",
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        "To place on its end. (of an object)"
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  "word": "stand on end"
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    {
      "form": "stands on end",
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    {
      "form": "standing on end",
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    {
      "form": "stood on end",
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      "form": "stood on end",
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      },
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "goosebump"
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        {
          "text": "The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear."
      ],
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          "erect",
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          "bristle"
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          "fear",
          "fear"
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        "(of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear."
      ],
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        }
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        "To place on its end. (of an object)"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "esborronar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "arrufar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "zu Berge stehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "égnek áll"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "horreō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "inhorreō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "moihi"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "mōihiihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "torotika"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stawać dęba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "stanąć dęba"
    }
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  "word": "stand on end"
}