stand on
verb- To continue following the same course.
- To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition. · Let's not stand on ceremony.
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And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
But as soon as his cubs are old enough to stand on their feet he must bring them to the Pack Council, which is generally held once a month at full moon, in order that the other wolves may identify them.
They stand on their feet as I do.
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