Definition
To back or side with; to support (in reference to literally standing alongside someone to show one's support).
In Context
- "We have declared that we stand with the protestors."
- ""I stand with Bernie Sanders today because he stood with me," Jackson said to cheers. "I stand with him because he's never lost his taste for justice for the people. I stand with him because he stands with you.""
- "People feel that Ardern "doesn’t preach at them; she's standing with them," Helen Clark, New Zealand's prime minister from 1999 to 2008, told me."
- ""We will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, military, diplomatic and legal support and will stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes," the joint statement said."