Upstand - What does it mean?
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To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
*1820 , Homer, William Cowper, The Iliad of Homer: translated into English blank verse, with notes :
*1912 , United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 174 :
*2010 , Lonnie R. Sherrod, Judith Torney-Purta, Constance A. Flanagan, Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth :
(construction, plumbing) A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.
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- At once, upstood' the monarch, and ' upstood The wise Ulysses.
- The combination with a closet seat, of a flexible mat having sockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and a standard pivoted upon each plate and fold- able to lie in the respective socket or to upstand from the seat ,
- Put differently, attention to norms and rules did not increase the likelihood that a student would choose to upstand' or intervene. Students who were more likely to recommend direct support for the victim (choosing to ' upstand ), however ,