debout

debout [dəbu] adv être debout [personne] → to be standing, stand: (= levé, éveillé); to be up (and about); [chose] → to be upright;

être encore debout (fig) (= en état); to be still going; to be still standing; to be still up;

mettre qn debout → to get sb to his feet;

mettre qch debout → to stand sth up;

se mettre debout → to get up (on one's feet);

se tenir debout → to stand;

debout! → get up!;

cette histoire ne tient pas debout → this story doesn't hold water