His plays have 'stood the test of time'. [=his plays are still read by many people today]
She was crouching down to look at something, but she 'stood up' when she saw me.
She finally 'stood up to' the girl who had been teasing her at school.
(..) For all of you! I wish you could've been there last night. To see me kill the monster. I was asleep when he arrived. He ripped open the doors with his bare hands. He stood twenty feet tall, with a strength of a ten men. I looked at him, and I said: ''I am Beowulf !'' Brave thane. -My queen? (..)2007 Beowulf