Rate this phrase:3.0 / 1 vote

stand up

To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
7 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on August 27, 2012

Additional definitions for 'stand up':

stand upTo rise from a lying or sitting position.
stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.
stand upTo jilt or shirk.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the stand up phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to stand up

stand outtake the standstand up tostand patstand up withstand up and be countedstand stock stillstand trialstand to reasonstand tallstand up and be countedstand the gaff?stand someone in good steadstand up with

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this stand up phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this stand up definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "stand up." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/stand-up_1421>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    She's a ________ above the rest.
    A snip
    B gash
    C nick
    D cut

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ