stand up
BothSense-dependent: some meanings take an object and split, others take none. Check the sense you mean.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: stand UP. Saying “STAND up” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
Link across the gap. The final /d/ of “stand” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “stand up” is said “stan-dup”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.
3 meanings
- 1
To rise to your feet.
- “Everyone stood up when she entered.”
Similar: rise, get up
- 2
To fail to meet someone as arranged.
- “He stood her up on their second date.”
- 3
To remain valid under examination.
- “The theory doesn't stand up to scrutiny.”
Similar: hold up