stand for something

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˈstand for sth derived
no passive
1. (not used in the progressive tenses)to be an abbreviation or symbol of sth
• ‘The book's by T.C. Smith.’ ‘What does the ‘T.C.’ stand for?’
2. to support sth
• I hated the organization and all it stood for (= the ideas that it supported).
3. not stand for sth to not let sb do sth or sth happen
• I'm not standing for it any longer.
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