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Difference between Stand up to someone and Stand up with someone

stand up to someone —(also: stick up to someone) meet an opponent with courage; resist a person:

  • If you don’t stand up to this man, he will abuse you unmercifully.

stand up with someone

1. take part in a dance with a partner:

  • I thought you were to stand up with Mr. Tomlinson the two last dances.

2. (also: stand up for someone) act as groomsman or bridesmaid at smb.’s wedding:

  • Of course I know John. He stood up with me at my wedding.

Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase stand someone up(coll.) fail to keep an arrangement to meet a person, especially one’s romantic partner:

  • Peter said he’d meet me outside the station, but he stood me up.

See also: stand for someone / stand up for someone.