Learn English – Is “stood time” correct

phrase-usage

I know there is an idiomatic expression in English for something to "stand the test of time" (by the way, would it be possible for something to "stand to the test" or stand other types of test?). But I'm pretty sure I've heard many times people saying that a certain something (e.g., a book) "stood time" (= "stood the test of time").

Is the phrase "this movie stood time" correct in this sense? Or is it bad English?

Thanks!

Best Answer

To stand the test of time is an idiom, which means that the group of words have a meaning. If you remove words or take the words apart, they stop having the idiomatic meaning.

So you can never say 'This movie stood time' if you want to say that a movie aged well.

The correct expression should always be 'This movie stood the test of time'.