stand on end
verb1
Of hair To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.
- The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.
2
To place on its end. (of an object)
- At one time a "standard test" for carriage riding was to stand a pencil on end on the compartment floor, or to measure how long it was possible to stand on one leg without touching the corridor walls; [...].1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93:
- Related terms
- goosebump, on end