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stand to

verb

  1. adverb military to assume positions or cause to assume positions to resist a possible attack
  2. stand to reason
    to conform with the dictates of reason

    it stands to reason that pigs can't fly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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