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vb. (non-gloss definition: A phrase traditionally used by a highwayman commanding victims to hand over their valuables.)
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Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American drama film based on the true story of high school math teacher Jaime Escalante. Edward James Olmos portrayed Escalante in the film and received a nomination for Best Actor at the 61st Academy Awards. The film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.
"Stand and Deliver" is a song by English new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981). The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 9 May 1981, and remained there for five weeks. It has sold 1.03 million copies in the UK. On the US Dance chart, "Stand and Deliver" peaked at #38, (along with the B side, "Beat My Guest"). In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 15th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.
Copies of the single "Stand and Deliver" b/w "Beat My Guest" were included as a free bonus item with some vinyl copies of the US version of the album Kings of the Wild Frontier on Epic Records. Epic's cassette edition appended the two tracks to each end of either side of the tape. "Stand and Deliver" was then featured on their follow-up LP, Prince Charming, released in November 1981. The phrase "stand and deliver - your money or your life", used in the lyrics, is commonly associated with highwaymen in 18th century England.
__NOTOC__ Stand and Deliver is a 1988 film.
Stand and Deliver may also refer to:
"Stand and Deliver" is a 1987 single by the band Mr. Mister, and is the fourth single from Go On.... The song failed to make the US Billboard Hot 100, and was the last single the band released before its breakup. The song was featured in the Edward James Olmos film Stand and Deliver.
Stand and Deliver is a 1928 silent film starring Rod La Rocque and Lupe Velez and directed by Donald Crisp. Cecil B. DeMille produced the picture with release through Pathé Exchange.
Usage examples of "stand and deliver".
Not wishing to panic any of the already obviously frightened migrants and believing it unwise to leave the always hungry litah out of their sight, they continued on, confident that sooner or later they would encounter someone willing to stand and deliver themselves of an explanation.
We will only take the nessessities of life, and no pudding or pie, to show you it is not grediness but true starvation that makes us make your larder stand and deliver.