stand out againstsomething/someone
phrasal verbwithstandverbuk/stænd/us/stænd/stood|stood
topubliclyopposesomething or someone:
More and morepeoplearestandingout against what is a veryunpopularpieceoflegislation.
to disagree with something by speaking or fighting against it
- opposeVillagers opposed plans to widen the carriageway.
- objectNo one objected to the decision.
- defyA few workers defied the decision to strike and went in to work.
- speak out againstMore and more people are speaking out against this unpopular law.
- stand out againstMore people are standing out against the corruption of the local government.
- declare againstUKShe declared against the new airport.
Opposing & against
- ad hominem
- alienate
- alienated
- alienation
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- anti-boycott
- antithetical
- nimby
- nimbyism
- non-confidence
- object
- oppositional
- outcry
- protest
- raise
- resistant
- sail against the windidiom
- versus
- virulent