I was reading [this](https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4088/25030) question on meta.ELU and was struck by what, to me, was a strange use of the phrasal verb *to stand up*:

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> The site for English Language Learners was **stood up** in large part so that non-native speakers could have a place where their questions, which would be regarded by some to be "too basic" for ELU, could ask their questions. The site was **stood up** in January of this year.
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Now, to me that means that the poor site was left waiting for someone who never showed up. However, the author of the question ([J.R.](https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18220/j-r), one of our highest rep users) seems to be using it to mean *was set up*. Is this common usage? Is it from a particular dialect? I have never come across it before and cannot find it in the dictionary [definitions](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stand+up) that I checked.