Present
Stand up
Stand up verb - To withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval.
Both terms in one sentence
- He leaves the banquet so humiliated, and angered at the failure of the rabbinic sages present to stand up for him, that he engineers an elaborate plan to convince the Roman authorities that the Jews are planning to rebel.
Source: Revenge SVP -
As his crime is obviously appalling, everyone present self-righteously lays into him, until he points out that he at least is willing to stand up and own what he has done:Lombard: So either I'm embellishing a story for shocking effect, or I'm the only one telling the truth in a room full of liars.
- Even so, the setup proves unable to stand up once the ship begins to take damage in combat (no crew being present to repair it while Scotty was driving the ship), and it was never meant to be anything other than a one-time kludge solution.
Source: Crew of One
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