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View definitions for stand for

stand for

verb as in signify, mean

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“Price gouging is illegal. We will not stand for it.”

She added that the government "cloak their crimes in cultural and religious justification" but actually "go against everything our faith stands for".

From BBC

The letter “N” stands for a land of beauty and wildlife, depicted by a hiker on the Sam Merrill Trail, the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the distance.

The acronym "DEI," which stands for "diversity, equity, and inclusion," is being thrown around, but an acronym does not actually explain why women in leadership is a bad idea.

From Salon

They expose what conservatives stand for — "the preservation and popularization of privilege."

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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