stand over

stand over  {v.}
1. To watch closely; keep checking all the time.
Ted's mother had to stand over him to get him to do his homework.
2. To be held over for later action; be postponed; wait.
The committee decided to let the proposal stand over until its next meeting.
Categories: time verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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