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Word: stand up (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • cricket|of a wicket-keeper To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
  • intransitive To rise from a lying or sitting position.
  • idiom To avoid a prearranged meeting, ''especially'' a date, with (a person); to jilt or shirk.
  • transitive To bring something up and set it into a standing position.

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