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5 Phrasal Verbs with STAND and multiple meanings.

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.

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