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stand up and be counted
Idioms and Phrases
Reveal one's convictions or opinions, especially when it requires courage to do so. For example, Stop muttering your complaints about the music; stand up and be counted if you want something changed . The counted in this expression alludes to having one's vote on a matter acknowledged. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
"But I think right now it's time to stand up and be counted, and in my mind, that means buying local and supporting Canadian business."
As Georgetown professor Michael Kazin told the New York Times last year: 鈥淚 do think if you are going to demonstrate, and it鈥檚 something you feel deeply about, you should be willing to stand up and be counted.鈥
Son said the players also need to stand up and be counted.
Lawrence also had a few character roles in movies, most notably 鈥淪tand Up and Be Counted,鈥 鈥淏lues Brothers 2000,鈥 鈥淭he Lonely Guy鈥 and 鈥淭he Yards.鈥
鈥淚鈥檓 confident the mainstream Republican party does not support what he鈥檚 doing, but they got to stand up and be counted. That鈥檚 how it ends,鈥 Biden said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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