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Tuesday February 7th 2012

Stand for

1. represent.

These letters seem to be an abbreviation. Do you know what they stand for?

2. tolerate, permit (usually negative).

I’m not surprised that Mrs. Johson rejected your report. She won’t stand for shoddy work.

* shoddy (sloppy) : of poor quality or craft. a lack of care or precision.

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