From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstand out against something phrasal verb British EnglishFIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto be strongly opposed to an idea, plan etc We must stand out against bigotry. → stand→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
stand out against • Masaryk was an eminent liberal scholar who stood out against the Catholic-led anti-semitic hysteria of the 1890s.• The only paper which stood out against the tide was the Communist Party's Morning Star.• Only the finance sector stood out against this trend with some 30,000 new jobs created over the same period. 