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PLACE UPRIGHT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put into an upright position
Example:
Can you stand the bookshelf up?
Synonyms:
place upright; stand; stand up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "place upright" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Cause:
stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)
Verb group:
stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
