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be upstanding Definition


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upstanding
adj
    1. Standing up.
    2. Said of a person: honest; respectable; trustworthy.
      Example: an upstanding member of society
      Thesaurus: upright, moral, principled, honest, ethical, incorruptible, honourable, trustworthy, stalwart.
    3. With a healthily erect posture; vigorous; upright.
Idiom: be upstanding
    formal
    A direction to all the people present, eg in a court of law or at a formal dinner or function, to rise to their feet.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.



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