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.
(..) ''No, l don't want to see that. You made a mess, yucky, icky. Messy!'' But as l said before, l was there changing my daughter, and my father stood over my shoulder, put his head over my shoulder and he said, ''What have you got there, son?'' l said, ''lt's a baby.'' (..)1983 Bill Cosby: Himself
(..) Carol Burnett described what labor pains feel like. She said, ''Take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.'' The second pain hit: whoo! and stood up... in the stirrups. Grabbed my bottom lip... and said, ''l want morphine!'' She said, ''You shut up! You did this to me!'' (..)1983 Bill Cosby: Himself