stand up against

English

Verb

stand up against (third-person singular simple present stands up against, present participle standing up against, simple past and past participle stood up against)

To defy or challenge someone
- 2000, The Bible (World English). Daniel 11.14
  In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

Translations

defy or challenge

Egyptian:

(jtn)
Esperanto: kontraŭstari

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