stand out against

stand out against
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "stand out against":
present tense I/you/we/they stand out against he/she/it stands out against present participle standing out against past tense stood out against past participle stood out against British
stand out against something to state or show publicly that you oppose something

They are not ashamed to stand out against change.


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