standing up
Getting to feet
Standing up is the act of rising from a seated or lying position to an upright stance.
The phrase also describes the state of being vertical: The bookshelf is standing up now.
To stand up for someone or something is to defend or support them: She stood up for her colleague during the meeting.
To stand someone up is to fail to appear for a planned meeting or date, leaving them waiting: He stood me up at the restaurant.
- erectVertical in position
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- postureBody position, alignment
- riseMove to higher position
- rise and shineCheerful wake-up call
assertiveness · self-respect · grit · backbone · resilience · defiance · fortitude · bravery · confronting · vertical · balance · spine · up · determination · personal boundaries · speak up · morning · bristling
- Baby Stepscrawling, toddling, wobbling, first steps, walking
- standing upspeaking out, speaking truth, fighting back, pushing back, voicing
- assertivenessassertiveness, boldness, directness, speaking up, firmness
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, extension, sitting
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- letting downdisappointing, failing, betraying, abandoning, neglecting
standing upsitting down
Assuming a seated position
seated · lying down · sitting · taking a seat · crouching
standing upbailing
Escaping or emptying water
flaking · no-showing · ditching · abandoning · ghosting
standing upbacking down
Withdrawing from a stance
giving in · caving · capitulating · caving in · yielding
stand, standing, understand, understanding, understood, stood, stands, outstanding, withstand