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View definitions for stand behind

stand behind

verb as in back up

verb as in espouse

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But the vigilante, to make that claim, must be his own moral agent willing to stand behind his appeal to justice.

“Oh no,” Sliwa said when asked if he would stand behind Goetz in the same circumstance now.

The accusations kept getting tawdrier, but, still, Calvary has seemed willing to stand behind its men.

BET president Debra Lee says Hart delivers a level of comedy and humor the network can proudly stand behind.

Yet the same group of public health experts who have fought to keep America thinner was willing to stand behind the current study.

In the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.

She would stand behind a boulder or a hedge, and would watch him while he laboured in the field.

And poor Hannah, the maid, white aproned and capped, would stand behind Aunt Harriet like a miserable conscious graven image.

I thought he had never done any good; let me see him, and let him stand behind me where I sit.

I've told them to shoot at the drop of the hat, and I'll stand behind 'em, law or no law.

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On this page you'll find 419 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stand behind, such as: advocate, assist, encourage, endorse, favor, and finance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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