Definition of stand up

stand up

adjective

moral, proper, decent.
He's a stand-up guy.

Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb - transitive

to skip a pre-arranged meeting, especially a date.
I got stood up last night.
She stood me up!

Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to abandon, leave a person.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 24 2001.
to install.
I stood up that new server last night.
Features: easily stood up.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Apr 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 07 2011.

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FTR	Definitions include: acronym for "for the record".
DTRT	Definitions include: acronym for "do the right thing".
look and feel	Definitions include: the general appearance of software or a website.
surface	Definitions include: in a computing user interface, to present something to the user.
lurker	Definitions include: peeping tom.
pound on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
bandwidth	Definitions include: From "bandwidth" as a measure of the rate of data transfer ("throughput") that a digital medium can handle.
IOW	Definitions include: acronym for "in other words".
zap	Definitions include: zapping someone is cussing them out.
app	Definitions include: "application."
Google-fu	Definitions include: talent in using the Google search engine.
Godwin's Law	Definitions include: an Internet "Law" (i.e. observation that often holds true) formulated by Mike Godwin.
g	Definitions include: short for "gangster" or "gangsta."
4ine	Definitions include: alternative spelling of "fine", as in attractive.
oic	Definitions include: acronym for "oh, I see".
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Other terms relating to 'to abandon, leave a person':
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
*btch out**	Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out".
flake on	Definitions include: See flake.
piss off	Definitions include: to leave.
fake	Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location.
juke	Definitions include: to defraud; "swindle".
munson	Definitions include: to abandon, to leave; "ditch".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
leave in the lurch	Definitions include: to leave someone in a bad situation.
out in the cold	Definitions include: excluded.
ditch	Definitions include: to leave behind.
flake out	Definitions include: to not follow through or to cancel last minute or with little notice.
ditch out	Definitions include: to leave an event or conversation.

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Other terms relating to 'stand':
blow this popsicle stand	Definitions include: to leave.
coke stand	Definitions include: a boring place or any place that one does not enjoy being at.
keg stand	Definitions include: the drinking of beer directly from a keg while doing a handstand on it.
one night stand	Definitions include: a sexual encounter (which usually but does not always include sexual intercourse) after which one or both parties make no attempt to contact the other person.
standing water	Definitions include: a puddle of urine in an inappropriate place
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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