stand up and be counted
Show your position
To stand up and be counted is to publicly declare your position or commitment, especially when doing so requires courage or might be unpopular.
The phrase evokes the image of literally rising from a crowd to be tallied among supporters: It's time for moderates in the party to stand up and be counted.
Often used as a call to action urging people to stop being silent.
- assertDeclare confidently true
- break coverEmerge from hiding
- step forwardMove toward something
- show of handsVoting by lifting arms
- advocatePublic cause supporter
raise your voice · accountability · civic · principle · moral courage · take one for the team · civil disobedience · conviction · participate · dissent · come out of the closet · engage · activism · commit · demonstration · strike · boycott · voice
stand up and be countedkeep quiet
Remain silent
remain silent · hold one's tongue · keep mum · bite one's tongue · say nothing
stand up and be countedback down
Withdraw from a stance
chicken out · lose one's nerve · shrink away · cower · hide
stand up and be countedsit on the fence
Avoid committing either way
abstain · fence-sit · stand aside · do nothing · look the other way
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