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Stand by   /stænd baɪ/   Listen
Stand by

verb
1.
Not act or do anything.
2.
Be available or ready for a certain function or service.  Synonyms: stick about, stick around.
3.
Be loyal to.  Synonyms: adhere, stick, stick by.  "The friends stuck together through the war"






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"Stand by" Quotes from Famous Books



... old fellow. Do you think I have not had the feeling myself, since I came here? But remember, it has to be done, and I will stand by you. I will see you ...
— The Uninhabited House • Mrs. J. H. Riddell

... held at Manchester, N. H., on the 20th of November, at which resolutions were passed expressing devotion to the Union, and a determination to stand by the Compromise measures, and to resist all further ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 • Various

... Commons: "There is but one statesman of the present day in whom I feel entire confidence, and with whom I cordially agree, and that statesman is Mr. Gladstone. I look upon him as the representative of the party, scarcely developed as yet, though secretly forming and strengthening, which will stand by all that is dear and sacred in my estimation, in the struggle which I believe will come ere very long between good and evil, order and disorder, the Church and the world, and I see a very small band collecting round him, and ready to fight ...
— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook

... to do he put on his hat and, walking across the station yard, took his stand by a gateway pillar and watched the tide of London life roll by. There he remained for nearly an hour, since the strange sight fascinated him who had never been in town before, the object of some attention ...
— Love Eternal • H. Rider Haggard

... be centred in one man, which would be nothing short of devilish and hellish error. After this the third wall fell by itself. For, says Luther, when the Pope acts against the Scriptures, it is our duty to stand by the Scriptures and to punish him as Christ taught us to punish offending brethren (St. Matthew xviii. 17), when He said, 'Tell it unto the Church.' Now the Church or Christendom must be gathered together in a Council. And like as the most famous of ...
— Life of Luther • Julius Koestlin


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