Oct 15, 2004 11:30
19 yrs ago
English term
Mat
stood me up
Non-PRO
English
Other
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Might be Australian dialect.
A person stated 'Bucket stood me up'
Bucket was the name on another person, and 'stoodme up' was a prhase used.
A person stated 'Bucket stood me up'
Bucket was the name on another person, and 'stoodme up' was a prhase used.
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+21
1 min
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
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didn't come (usually to a date)
No, it's pretty common, if colloquial.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-10-15 11:38:49 GMT)
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The implication is that it was done on purpose.
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Note added at 45 mins (2004-10-15 12:16:04 GMT)
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He stood me up! Last night the guy I\'ve been seeing for a while stood me up. He said he would come over at 8pm but never showed. ...
www.ivillage.com/relationships/experts/dating/qas/0,,196180...
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-10-15 11:38:49 GMT)
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The implication is that it was done on purpose.
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Note added at 45 mins (2004-10-15 12:16:04 GMT)
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He stood me up! Last night the guy I\'ve been seeing for a while stood me up. He said he would come over at 8pm but never showed. ...
www.ivillage.com/relationships/experts/dating/qas/0,,196180...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
23 mins
not notify the other person that they are not going to be there
Where Bucket did not turn up at the place they were supposed to meet, and did not call the other person to cancel the date, so that person is left there wondering where could Bucket be?
of course it is easier now, in the days of mobile phones ;)
of course it is easier now, in the days of mobile phones ;)
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