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stand downFor me this means stop being mean a bullyRate it:

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stand down!Stand-Down!', Stands4; Cease And Desist. Take No Further Action; Maintain Your Stance; Stand By, Await Orders;Rate it:

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stand in one's own lightTo take a position which is harmful to one's own interests.Rate it:

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stand in the gapTo expose oneself for the protection of something; to make defence against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.Rate it:

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stand on ceremonyTo act in a formal, ceremonious or overly polite manner.Rate it:

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stand on its ownTo be independent of others.Rate it:

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stand on one’s headTo try to impress someone by performing difficult feats or through hard workRate it:

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stand one's groundFinding oneself in a disagreement, confrontation, at odds with others, accused of misfeasance/malfeasance.Rate it:

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stand outTo be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings.Rate it:

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stand patTo play one's hand without drawing any more cards.Rate it:

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stand patTo stop hitting.Rate it:

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stand someone in good steadto come in handy for someone in the futureRate it:

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stand stock stillTo stand completely motionless.Rate it:

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stand the gaff?Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',Rate it:

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stand the test of timeTo remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time.Rate it:

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stand to reasonTo make sense; to seem logical, reasonable, or rational.Rate it:

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stand togetherTo remain allied through difficulties.Rate it:

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stand treatTo pay the cost of treating someone to somethingRate it:

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stand trialTo sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.Rate it:

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stand trialTo be put on trial in a court of law.Rate it:

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stand up and be countedTo take significant individual action to help a group effort.Rate it:

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stand up and be countedTo publicly make known one's views, contributions, or vote, especially in a contentious situation where fortitude is required.Rate it:

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stand up forTo speak or act in support or defense of.Rate it:

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stand up toTo withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.Rate it:

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stand up toTo object to or interfere with the actions of.Rate it:

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stand up withTo publicly support (someone).Rate it:

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stand up withIn a wedding ceremony, to serve as best man or as maid of honor or as an official witness for (someone).Rate it:

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stand up withTo begin to dance with (someone); to dance with (someone).Rate it:

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stand-up comicPerson who tells jokes and/or stories to an audienceRate it:

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take the standTo testify as a witness in a trial.Rate it:

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a party animalAn individual whom lives, thinks, reflects, promotes, enjoys, raucous, wild, off the deep end, exotic; parties, gatherings, happenings and blasts.Rate it:

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anticonstituellementin french, this word is the biggest word in the whole history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.Rate it:

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aquam ex flumine derivareto draw off water from a river.Rate it:

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be offTo be away from.Rate it:

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bear offTo restrain; to keep from approaching.Rate it:

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bear off fromTo stand further off fromRate it:

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Bite Off More Than You Can ChewTo take on something more than of its actual capacity, a person, who tries to accomplish too much, or is greedy by nature, or overconfident or too much motivated, taking more responsibility or task that a person can manageRate it:

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brebis comptées le loup les mangeCounting one’s chickens will not keep the fox off; If you count your chickens, harm will happen to them.Rate it:

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bring offTo succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.Rate it:

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bugger offGo away.Rate it:

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but me no butsUsed to cut off objections or qualificationsRate it:

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by a mileBy a large amount or by a great distance - e.g. won by a mile; When prefixed by ‘out’ or ‘off’ it emphasizes that a significant gap exists between the parties involved and that it is to a decisive degreeRate it:

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call off the carpetTo get away fromRate it:

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charm the pants off ofBe very impressed with someone or something that was said or done.Rate it:

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chip off the old blockSomeone who takes after their parent.Rate it:

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cut offTo remove via cutting.Rate it:

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cut off one's nose to spite one's faceTo harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.Rate it:

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dash offTo leave a place quickly or briefly.Rate it:

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doze offTo fall asleep unintentionally.Rate it:

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draw offTo remove by using a siphon.Rate it:

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