stand up against

verb

To defy or challenge someone

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Meanings

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

present singular third person stands up against · participle present standing up against · participle past stood up against · past stood up against

  1. To defy or challenge someone

    In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

    2000, The Bible (World English). Daniel 11.14

Translations

Esperanto kontraŭstari
  • kontraŭstaridefy or challenge
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