stand up to (?.)

• affront
• beard
• bell the cat
• bite the bullet
• brave
• brazen
• brazen out
• challenge
• complain
• complain loudly
• confront
• contend with
• dispute
• dissent
• face
• face down
• face out
• face the music
• face up
• face up to
• front
• kick against
• make a stand
• make good
• meet
• meet an obligation
• meet boldly
• meet head-on
• object
• offer resistance
• oppose
• protest
• recalcitrate
• reluct
• remonstrate
• revolt
• run the gauntlet
• set at defiance
• show fight
• speak out
• speak up
• stand
• stand at bay
• stand up against
• strive against
• withstand