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standfromunder (third-person singular simple presentstands from under,present participlestanding from under,simple past and past participlestood from under)

1. (idiomatic, dated) to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
   • 1873,W. H. G. Kingston,The Three Admirals:

     "Stand from under," he shouted out, as he threw down a cocoa-nut, which very nearly hit Billy, who had not attended to his warning.

   • 1884 December 10,Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens],The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London:Chatto & Windus, […],→OCLC:

     I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready tostand from under when the lightning struck.

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