stand by

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   to be ready for action

2. Oxford15% of films

   to still believe or agree with sth you said, decided or agreed earlier

3. Oxford10% of films

   to be present while sth bad is happening but not do anything to stop it

In the movies · 107

• The old man, Gregorius, he's standing by me.Night and the City1950
• He has stood by her, good man...Sense and Sensibility1995
• You have all these children who want to eat, others crying, and others, they need to be taken to hospital, and in some of the cases, HIV.Mully2015
• Stand by. Stand by. Stand by.Bad Boys for Life2020
• Everybody, stand by!The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015
• Please stand byThe World's End2013
• Right. Stand by.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• Stand by, Seven.Hidden Figures2016

Learn it in full scenes

• Night and the City1950
  • Harry Pitches His Fuel Pill to Mary
  • Mary Borrows Money From Adam
  • Harry Gets the Club Rules
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• stand aside
• stand back
• stand between and
• stand down
• stand for
• stand in
• stand out
• stand out
• stand over
• stand up
• stand up
• stand up for

More phrasal verbs

• look around
• fill up
• come by
• live together
• go by
• clean up
• walk away
• come down to
• feel up to
• live with
• sum up
• come around