stand for something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

stand for sth phrasal verb [ stood for sth stood for sth stood for sth stands for sth standing for sth ]
 
ACCEPT

1. <A > If you will not stand for something, you will not accept a situation or a particular type of behaviour
• I wouldn't stand for that sort of behaviour from him, if I were you.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Tolerating and enduring ↑Coping and not coping ↑Dealing with things or people
 
• I'm not going to stand for that sort of behaviour in my class.
• He can't speak to me like that - I'm not going to stand for it!
• Her behaviour is totally out of order and I'm not going to stand for it.
• There has to come a point when you say, enough is enough, I'm not going to stand for it.
• She wouldn't behave like that with him - he wouldn't stand for it.
 
REPRESENT

2. <A > to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas
• This party stands for low taxes and individual freedom.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Backing, supporting and defending ↑Defending and protecting
3. <A > If one or more letters stand for a word or name, they are the first letter or letters of that word or name and they represent it
• 'GMT' stands for Greenwich Mean Time.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying ↑Meaning and significance
 
• I despise him and everything he stands for.
• The socialist party have lost sight of what they stand for.
• So what do they stand for - what's their agenda?
• The 'E' in her initials stands for 'Emma'.
• UFO stands for 'unidentified flying object'.
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