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John Stood Laura Movie Theater Meeting Date Person

Sentence John stood Laura up at the movie theater.
Definition (
transitive
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
,
idiomatic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic
) To
avoid
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoid
a
prearranged
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prearrange
meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to
jilt
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jilt
or
shirk
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shirk
.

Tags: stand, up

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