Meaning of stand up on one's hind legs | Babel Free

Definitions

To act boldly; to take responsibility.

Examples

“I copied them out of an American Automobile Association report because I'm on the spot for a talk at the Kiwanis Club luncheon next week, and I've found that whenever you've got to stand up on your hind legs and expose your ignorance the best thing you can do is put down a nice thick smoke screen of figures between you and your audience.”

“We became the nation we are on principles of individual initiative, to stand up on our hind legs and lick them if they needed it, and they called it jingoism at one time, […]”

“Now we have got to stand up on our hind legs and fight harder than ever for the right to govern our domestic affairs without outside interference.”

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