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What does stand up for mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
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Possibly he seems a little too meek, and should stand up for himself a bit more.
Are you really fearful of being misinterpreted or are you just afraid to stand up for your constituents?
But his mother did teach him to stand up for himself and that is the credo that he now brings to his children, four sons and three daughters.
I may be outvoted on that, but at least I will have had the chance to stand up for people who do not get a voice in the workplace.
They will stand up for the silent, law-abiding majority who play by the rules and pay their dues.
He needed to stand up for himself, be more outgoing, and stop being such a scaredy-cat.

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