Verb
stand up against (third-person singular simple present stands up against, present participle standing up against, simple past and past participle stood up against)
To defy or challenge someone
I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils. Kailash Satyarthi
It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. Chief Joseph
And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. John Crowe Ransom
Hence, men that are born in the north are rendered over-timid and weak by fever, but their wealth of blood enables them to stand up against the sword without timidity. Vitruvius
I am the people, I'm not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That's what the Panthers is doing, that's what the Panthers are doing all over the world. Fred Hampton
There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice. Kurt Huber