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stands up

vb. (en-third-person singular of: stand up)

Usage examples of "stands up".

She stands up, pushing me a little to the side, and aims the remote control at the TV, punching it off.

Sillek stands up from the chair that matches the one where Zeldyan sits.

I feel the cold air on me and while he stands up and takes off his pants I hear this noise, kind of like a puppy or something whining, going 'unnn, unnn,' like it's hurt.

At last, bursting inexplicably into tears, she gives way, but when she stands up to sing, obviously at the end of her resources, weary, her arms not widespread as usual but hanging lifelessly down, so that one gets the impression that they are perhaps a little too short -- just as she is about to strike up, there, she cannot do it after all, an unwilling shake of the head tells us so and she breaks down before our eyes.

The hermaphrodite stands up unsteadily and shakes Ms hand to clear his blast-blurred vision.

The cold is such a shock that she immediately stands up and hollers simply because she has to.