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28 PHRASE If you stand in the way of something or stand in a person's way , you prevent that thing from happening or prevent that person from doing something. □  The British government would not stand in the way of such a proposal.

29to stand a chance → see chance

30to stand up and be counted → see count

31to stand firm → see firm

32to stand on your own two feet → see foot

33to stand your ground → see ground

34to stand someone in good stead → see stead

35to stand trial → see trial

▸  stand aside PHRASAL VERB If someone stands aside , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. [BRIT ] □ [V P ] The President said he was willing to stand aside if that would stop the killing. in AM, use stand down

▸  stand back PHRASAL VERB If you stand back and think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it. □ [V P ] Stand back and look objectively at the problem.

▸  stand by

1 PHRASAL VERB If you are standing by , you are ready and waiting to provide help or to take action. □ [V P to-inf] British and American warships are standing by to evacuate their citizens if necessary. □ [V P + for ] We will be holding the auditions from nine o'clock tomorrow night so stand by for details. [Also V P ]

2 → see also standby

3 PHRASAL VERB If you stand by and let something bad happen, you do not do anything to stop it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V P ] I will not stand by and let democracy be undermined.

4 PHRASAL VERB If you stand by someone, you continue to give them support, especially when they are in trouble. [APPROVAL ] □ [V P n] I wouldn't break the law for a friend, but I would stand by her if she did.

5 PHRASAL VERB If you stand by an earlier decision, promise, or statement, you continue to support it or keep it. □ [V P n] The decision has been made and I have got to stand by it.

▸  stand down PHRASAL VERB If someone stands down , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. □ [V P ] Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office. □ [V P + as ] Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.

▸  stand for

1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word. □ [V P n] What does E.U. stand for?

2 PHRASAL VERB The ideas or attitudes that someone or something stands for are the ones that they support or represent. □ [V P n] The party is trying to give the impression that it alone stands for democracy.

3 PHRASAL VERB [with neg] If you will not stand for something, you will not allow it to happen or continue. □ [V P n] It's outrageous, and we won't stand for it any more.

▸  stand in

1 PHRASAL VERB If you stand in for someone, you take their place or do their job, because they are ill or away. □ [V P + for ] I had to stand in for her on Tuesday when she didn't show up. □ [V P ] …the acting president, who's standing in while she's out of the country.

2 → see also stand-in

▸  stand out

1 PHRASAL VERB If something stands out , it is very noticeable. □ [V P ] Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields.

2 PHRASAL VERB If something stands out , it is much better or much more important than other things of the same kind. □ [V P + from ] He played the violin, and he stood out from all the other musicians.