stand for
To be a sign of; make you think of; mean.
The letters "U.S.A." stand for "United States of America."
The written sign "=" in an arithmetic problem stands for "equals."
Our flag stands for our country.
The owl stands for wisdom.
On the American flag, each star stands for one of the fifty states, and each stripe stands for one of the original thirteen colonies of the 1800s.
To speak in favor of something, or show that you support it.
The new President stood for honest government.
John always stands for what is right.
To try to be elected for.
Three men from London are standing for parliament.
The governor did not stand for reelection.
To allow to happen or to be done; permit. Usually used in the negative.
The teacher will not stand for fooling in the classroom.
The citizens wouldn’t stand for the increase in crime in their city, so they hired more police officers and built another jail.