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Old 03-Nov-2005, 13:01
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Default Gigurative Presentation of Meaning

"To stand behind someone" cannot be said to be an idiom since this would contradict the very definition of an "idiom."
"To stand behind someone" means "to support someone" and belongs to the category of Figurative Language.
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