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stand over
verb
- intr, preposition to watch closely; keep tight control over
- adverb to postpone or be postponed
- informal.intr, preposition to threaten or intimidate (a person)
noun
- informal.a threatening or intimidating act
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A concrete UN sign that used to stand over the camp's now impassable main entrance has been knocked down.
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The former policeman took the stand over two days of testimony during the retrial, telling the jurors he was "trying to stay alive, trying to keep my partners alive".
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O'Neill said she was "very confident" her party can stand over how it dealt with the issue.
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Lawyer Keith Davidson concluded his testimony Thursday after spending nearly 6 1/2 hours on the stand over two days.
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Mr Swann said on Thursday he "could not stand over the implementation of cuts on this scale".
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