adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an upstanding/upright citizen (= honest and responsible )
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The rest of his family are honest upright citizens.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an upstanding citizen
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A strong breeze caught the upstanding feathered plumes of her hat and blew it off.
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At the kitchen door, the cat, neck-fur upstanding like the spines of a hedgehog, wailed to be let out.
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She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.
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So Gilly was an elder of the church, an upstanding member of the community.