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stand on end

Verb

Meaning

(of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.
The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.

(of an object) To place on its end.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Perhaps we shall one day find that Rembrandt is a greater painter than Raphael. I write down this blasphemy which will cause the hair of the school-men to stand on end without taking sides. Eugène Delacroix

His death is like the soft down on the back of your hand, passing unnoticed in the firmest of handshakes, though the slightest breeze makes every damn one of the tiny hairs stand on end. Zadie Smith

The subrack consists of a series of slotted card guides on the top and bottom, into which the cards are slid so they stand on end, like books on a shelf. Source: Internet

The springbok also has a pouch of white, brushlike hairs running along its back, which opens up when the animal senses danger, causing the dorsal hairs to stand on end. Source: Internet

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