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is stand by
verb
To position or be positioned physically. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. To rise to one's feet; to stand up. To remain motionless. To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation. To place in an upright or standing position. To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located. To measure when erect on the feet.
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"All we can do is stand by and hope they are O.K.," Pallulat said.
The only thing I can't do is stand by and do nothing while waiting for them to get their act together.
-Anonymous The most virtuous thing to do is stand by your word unless your prospective employer is willing to release you.
All I can do is stand by with advice and comfort while we all hope that medical advances will make the decisions that they have to make easier in the future.
The only song I can really play on it is "Stand By Me", but I ended up using it on a track on the album that would otherwise sound like Sade Doctor's bag This is my studio – headphones, a laptop and some wires.
All we're saying to them is stand by your ad; tell us who you are, so the American people can connect that dot more clearly".
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We are talking here about macro-financial assistance, which is stand-by assistance that is to be used to settle debts which these countries have entered into in order to meet the criteria set by the IMF.
Usher is stood by a swimming pool singing the first verse, with the pool reflecting on him.
The motto for most of his women seems to be "stand by your man".
Mostly what they needed to do was stand by and cheer their defensive line.
But it has not all been "stand by your beds" with Officer Gatland and Sergeant Major Edwards.
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