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What does stand for mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stand for? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent
  2. To advocate, to support
  3. To tolerate
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The decision not to stand for re-election revealed increased sensitivity to public opinion.
Even to this day I cannot let a car stand for more than about 72 hours without at least starting it to make sure the battery isn't flat.
Rob gave an after dinner speech at the meeting and had a contest to see what other anacronyms ARCH might stand for.
Other cities may let such things go, but we don't stand for any such knavery here.
You don't have to know what they stand for, just so long as you can reel them off without choking on all the consonants.
In 1935, she retired from teaching to stand for Parliament as an independent.

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