stand bysomeone
phrasal verbwithstandverbuk/stænd/us/stænd/stood|stood
B2
tocontinuetosupportorhelpsomeone who is in adifficultsituation:
She hasvowedtostandby herhusbandduring histrial.
- Shestoodby him through histroubledcareer.
- Hestoodby her through thedifficulttimes.
- He's mymateand I'm going tostandby him.
- You have tostandbyyourfriendsthroughthickand throughthin.
- Hepromisedtostandby her if shechoseto have thebaby.
Backing, supporting & defending
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- allyyourselfto/withsomeone
- argumentation
- backbone
- badge
- bailout
- champion
- keep the flag flyingidiom
- recommended
- red carpet
- reinforce
- right behindsomeoneidiom
- roll out the red carpetidiom
- root
- root forsomeone
- stick
- stick together
- sympathetic