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  1. stand up forverb

    To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stand up for in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stand up for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of stand up for in a Sentence

  1. Prince Ali:

    I had the courage to fight for change when others were afraid …. they did n’t have the guts to run, but I did, we all face daily burdens. We must all overcome difficult challenges. Be it the fight to feed our families or the fight to stand up for what we believe in.

  2. Rabina Khan:

    What we want is to send a message to China that if they move here, they need to be aware that our borough -- in all of its diversity -- is a place where we're very proud to stand up for human rights.

  3. Joe Biden:

    [Xi] was clear and I was clear that we’ll defend American interests and values, promote universal human rights and stand up for the international order and work in lockstep with our allies and partners, we’re going to compete vigorously but I’m not looking for conflict. I’m looking to manage this competition responsibly.

  4. A. A. Hodge:

    It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

  5. Kathy Griffin:

    You know, I was doing stand-up for so long, there was a time in the Bill Clinton days you could make fun of that Monica [Lewinsky] dress all day long and nobody thought you were a terrorist, but now, like, you said things have gotten not only politically incorrect but this administration and learned it firsthand because I got a call the next day from the Department of Justice and I was under a two-month federal investigation for conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States.

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