Meaning of stand from under | Babel Free

Definitions

to escape something falling or being thrown from above.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“"Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.”

“I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.”

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