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Definition of 'stand by'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) stand by
not act or do anything
"He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

2. (verb) stand by, stick around, stick about
be available or ready for a certain function or service

3. (verb) stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
be loyal to
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"

Definition of 'stand by'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) stand by
to wait in order to help if necessary
Soldiers were standing by outside the stadium.

2.  stand by
to do nothing while sth important happens
We cannot just stand by while people are being killed.

3.  stand by
to help and support sb in a difficult time
She stood by me when I needed her.

4.  stand by
to continue to say or believe sth despite criticism
I stand by what I said earlier.

Translation of 'stand by'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to watch something happening without doing anything I couldn't just stand by while he was hitting the child.
Afrikaans: wag en kyk	Arabic: يَقِفُ مكتوف اليَدَيْن، ي	Bulgarian: не предприемам нищо
Brazilian: ficar de fora	Czech: nečinně stát	German: daneben stehen
Danish: stå og se til	Greek: παρακολουθώ αμέτοχος	Estonian: kõrvalt vaatama
Farsi: نظاره گر بودن	Finnish: katsoa sivusta	French: rester là (à ne rien fair
Hebrew: לַעֲמוֹד מִן הַצַד	Hindi: उपस्थित होना	Croatian: stajati i promatrati, ne
Hungarian: tétlenül néz	Indonesian: menonton	Icelandic: veraóvirkur áhorfandi
Italian: (stare a guardare)	Japanese: 傍観する	Korean: 방관하다
Lithuanian: pasyviai stebėti	Latvian: pasīvi vērot	Malay: memerhatikan
Dutch: staan kijken	Norwegian: stå og se på	Polish: stać bezczynnie
Portuguese: ficar de fora	Romanian: a rămâne pasiv	Russian: быть безучастным
Slovak: nečinne stáť	Slovenian: (mirno) gledati	Serbian: stajati sa strane
Swedish: bara stå och se på	Thai: เฝ้าดู	Turkish: öylece durup seyretmek
Taiwanese: 袖手旁觀	Ukrainian: бути байдужим глядачем	Urdu: کسی چیز کو ہوتے ہوءے دیکھ
Vietnamese: đứng nhìn mà không làm gì	Chinese: 袖手旁观
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