stand for

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as in represent
to serve as a material counterpart of He got a tattoo that stood for his love of fishing.

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“Stand for.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand%20for. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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