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v. refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack

v. be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"

v. defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"

stand up, hold up, hold water

v. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

stand, stand up, place upright

v. put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

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alight, light, perch

v. to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"

perch

v. cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"

seize, clutch, get hold of

v. affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

grasp, hold on

v. hold firmly

wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

dawn

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

seem

v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

begin

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

hit, strike

v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

stretch, stretch out

v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

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sit, sit down

v. be seated

lie

v. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

lie

v. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

hunker down

v. hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"

sit

v. serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

lie down, lie

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

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