stood by

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stʊd baɪ/

Verb

stood by

  1. simple past tense and past participle of stand by
    • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎:
      [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
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