stand on ceremony (English, verb)
expansion: stand on ceremony (third-person singular simple present stands on ceremony, present participle standing on ceremony, simple past and past participle stood on ceremony)
Senses:
glosses: To act in a formal, ceremonious, or overly polite manner.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: stands on ceremony
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: standing on ceremony
tags: participle
present
form: stood on ceremony
tags: participle
past
form: stood on ceremony
tags: past
form: stand upon ceremony
tags: alternative