spread, fill / swell / put up, spread / stick out (arms, chest), be prominent / stretch a rope, post a cordon / slap / be nervous, be tense / be expensive / add (water) until a container is full

stand on ceremony

stiffen / for a person to freeze, for one's expression to freeze

to stubbornly stick to one's own beliefs

(literally or euphemistic, slang) to pitch a tent

(idiomatic) to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

(idiomatic) to bluff, to put up a bold front

(obsolete) to stick to one's beliefs

Desolated is a door when no guests come knocking. Lit. To hang a net on the door and use it to catch sparrows (as no guests ever come).