Phrasal Verbs
5 Phrasal Verbs with STAND and multiple meanings.
✔ Stand aside
➡ Step sideways to make some space for someone else.
◕ Example: Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
➡ Leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.
◕ Example: It’s time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
➡ Temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain
◕ Example: The minister will stand aside during the investigation.
✔ Stand back
➡ Maintain a safe distance from a hazard.
◕ Example: You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
➡ Abstain from participation.
◕ Example: While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
✔ Stand by
➡ Wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
◕ Example: Please stand by for more instructions.
➡ Remain loyal or faithful.
◕ Example: Even though money is scarce sometimes, Ann stands by her decision to be a full-time mother.
➡ Support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
◕ Example: They stood by us all along and it’s awesome to see them out here to support us today.
➡ Do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
◕ Example: I can’t simply stand by and watch you ruin your life.
➡ Be ready to provide assistance if required.
◕ Example: The tug stood by in case it was needed.
✔ Stand out
➡ Be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one’s surroundings.
◕ Example: Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.
➡ Be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
◕ Example: She stood out from the other candidates and was offered the job.
✔ Stand up
➡ Rise from a lying or sitting position.
◕ Example: Stand up, then sit down again.
➡ Bring something up and set it into a standing position.
◕ Example: Laura stood the sofa up on end.
➡ Avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
◕ Example: John stood Laura up at the movie theatre.