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.
(..) And they were screaming. - And you ran away? - No. First I tried to free them. I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run. But you could - and you did, didn't you? Yes. I took one lamb and I ran away as fast as I could. (..)1991 The Silence of the Lambs