Verb
stand up for (third-person singular simple present stands up for, present participle standing up for, simple past and past participle stood up for)
(transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.
Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them.
Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in.
Academics are too scared to stand up for the British Empire. Source: Internet
“‘And don’t look to us to stand up for freedom of expression, either. Source: Internet
And then we would lower it to $2,500 and we got numerous others to stand up for an animal, and then we got to $1,000 and $500, and pretty soon half the room was standing. Source: Internet
Anti-Semitism is an attack on ALL New Yorkers — and we stand up for our neighbors in this city. Source: Internet
As another example, Coleman states that this type of social capital is the type that brings individuals to stand up for what they believe in, and even die for it, in the face of adversity. Source: Internet
Anyone who was brave enough to stand up for a Democratic-Republican candidate would be publicly known to their neighbors, and the ever-present clergy, as a disorganizer, and faced being shunned by their community. Source: Internet