stand by

Strongest matches

• comply
• heed
• obey
• observe

Strong matches

• follow
• fulfill
• keep
• maintain
• mind
• practice
• respect
• support

Weak matches

• abide by
• be attached
• be constant
• be devoted
• be devoted to
• be faithful
• be loyal
• be true
• cleave to

Weak matches

• advance
• back
• champion
• confirm
• encourage
• help
• lend support
• promote
• pull for
• stand behind

Strongest match

• take up with

Strong matches

• encourage
• friend
• welcome

Weak matches

• buddy up
• get chummy with
• get in with
• hit it off
• side with
• take under one's wing

Strongest matches

• advocate
• argue
• assert
• back
• champion
• endorse
• explain
• guarantee
• justify
• maintain
• support
• uphold

Strong matches

• aid
• befriend
• espouse
• exculpate
• exonerate
• plead
• rationalize
• recommend
• second
• stonewall
• sustain
• vindicate
• warrant

Weak matches

• apologize for
• back up
• bear one out
• come to defense of
• cover for
• go to bat for
• prove a case
• put in a good word
• ride shotgun for
• say in defense
• speak up for
• stand up for
• stick up for
• thump for

Weak matches

• back up
• cover for
• defend
• endorse
• go to the wall for
• recommend
• stand behind
• stand up for
• stick up for
• support

Strongest matches

• back
• benefit
• bolster
• boost
• cooperate
• encourage
• further
• maintain
• promote
• push
• save
• serve
• stimulate
• support

Strong matches

• abet
• accommodate
• advocate
• ballyhoo
• befriend
• cheer
• endorse
• hype
• intercede
• patronize
• plug
• prop
• puff
• relieve
• sanction
• second
• succor
• sustain
• uphold

Weak matches

• be of use
• buck up
• do a favor
• do a service
• do one's part
• go to bat for
• go with
• lend a hand
• open doors
• root for
• see through
• stick up for
• stump for
• take under one's wing
• work for

Strongest matches

• advocate
• declare
• defend
• emphasize
• hold
• insist
• say
• stress
• uphold

Strong matches

• affirm
• allege
• asseverate
• attest
• aver
• avow
• back
• champion
• contend
• correct
• justify
• persist
• profess
• protest
• rectify
• report
• right
• state
• vindicate

Weak matches

• fight for
• plead for

Strongest matches

• advocate
• back
• confirm
• endorse
• favor
• justify
• praise
• prescribe
• propose
• suggest
• uphold
• urge

Strong matches

• acclaim
• advance
• applaud
• celebrate
• commend
• compliment
• counsel
• enjoin
• esteem
• eulogize
• exalt
• exhort
• extol
• glorify
• laud
• magnify
• plug
• prize
• sanction
• second
• steer
• value

Weak matches

• be all for
• be satisfied with
• front for
• go on record for
• hold up
• put forward
• put in a good word
• put on to
• speak highly of
• speak well of
• think highly of
• vouch for

Strongest match

• assist

Strong matches

• aid
• approve
• back
• encourage
• endorse
• forward
• further
• promote
• uphold

Weak matches

• back up
• give moral support
• go along with

Strongest match

• stick around

Weak matches

• anticipate
• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang out
• hold on
• hold the phone
• keep your shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• linger
• mark time
• put on hold
• stall
• stay put

Strongest matches

• assist
• bolster
• buoy
• continue
• defend
• help
• nurse
• preserve
• save

Strong matches

• aid
• approve
• back
• bankroll
• bear
• befriend
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• comfort
• confirm
• convey
• endorse
• favor
• feed
• foster
• lug
• nourish
• nurture
• pack
• prolong
• prop
• protract
• ratify
• relieve
• supply
• support
• tote
• transfer
• transport
• uphold
• validate
• verify

Weak matches

• go for
• keep alive
• keep from falling
• keep going
• lend a hand
• provide for
• shore up
• stick up for

Weak matches

• advocate
• back
• bank on
• be satisfied with
• believe in
• compliment
• depend on it
• endorse
• go on the record for
• have faith in
• plug
• praise
• put in a good word
• speak highly of
• speak well of
• suggest
• think highly of
• vouch for

Strongest matches

• advocate
• confirm
• defend
• encourage
• endorse
• hold to
• justify
• promote
• side with
• vindicate

Strong matches

• aid
• assist
• back
• bolster
• boost
• brace
• buttress
• carry
• champion
• countenance
• elevate
• help
• hoist
• prop
• raise
• rear
• second
• sustain
• uplift
• upraise

Weak matches

• back up
• buoy up
• hold up one's end
• pick up
• shore up
• stick by
• stick up for
• take up
• upbear
• uprear

Strongest matches

• await
• delay
• expect
• hang
• linger
• remain
• stay
• stick around
• watch

Strong matches

• abide
• anticipate
• bide
• dally
• foresee
• stall
• tarry

Weak matches

• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang onto your hat
• hang out
• hold back
• hold everything
• hold on
• hold the phone
• hole up
• keep shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• look for
• look forward to
• mark time
• put on hold
• save it
• sit tight
• sit up for
• stay up for
• sweat it

Strong matches

• assistant
• backup
• deputy
• double
• fill in
• relief
• replacement
• reserve
• stalwart
• stand-by
• stand-in
• sub
• successor
• temp
• temporary
• understudy

Weak matches

• pinch-hitter
• recourse