Learn 14 Phrasal Verbs with “stand”: stand for, stand out, stand down…

Bob had strong moral fibre. He always did what was right and what was good. Everyone called him BRH, which stood for brave, reliable and helpful. With these features Bob was always standout. The other character Sera was coming from a low economic class family. She wanted to both support her parents and stand on her own feet. So, she started working at a restaurant as a waitress. One-day Bob was eating a dinner at the same restaurant. A big man named Carlos got there, sat a table and yelled at Sera impolitely. “Bring me a soup immediately” he said. Sera brought the soup and stood over him to be sure everything was fine. At the first sip, Carlos saw a fly floating in the soup. He screamed and threw insults at Sera. Sera tried to stand up for herself. She tried to tell him that it was not her mistake. When Carlos stood up to attack her, Bob got involved with the situation. He said to himself “I cannot stand for that”. Carlos told Sera that she stood back and he added “this is a man’s work”. Bob and Carlos decided to hold a duello in front of the restaurant the next day. On the duello day there were about 200 people to watch them. Bob stood by the whole day but Carlos did not reveal. Carlos stood up Bob because he decided to stand down. Sera was delighted that Bob stood by her but other people were very angry because they stood around all day.
Thanks Ronnie.