stand from under

verb

to escape something falling or being thrown from above.

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Meanings

verbstand from under (third-person singular simple present stands from under, present participle standing from under, simple past and past participle stood from under)

present singular third person stands from under · participle present standing from under · participle past stood from under · past stood from under

  1. datedidiomaticto escape something falling or being thrown from above.

    "Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.

    1873, W. H. G. Kingston, The Three Admirals
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    I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.

    1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
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