to stand your ground
25
5.7
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
mantenerse firme
- During the meeting, she decided to stand her ground, refusing to back down on her proposal.
- stand your ground and fight
- stay calm and stand your ground
- stand your ground and face
Expect them to react, but stand your ground now.
- Expect them to react, but stand your ground now.
- And she comes in and then you stand your ground and you look her directly in the eyes.
- But intellectually, to be able to stand your ground, to know where you're at.
- If you truly believe that you know the answer, that you are correct, then stand your ground.
- And at some, at some, at certain points you kind of have to, you know, you have to stand your ground on certain things.
- But if you have power and you and you stand your ground in a respectable way, then you can have best of both worlds.
- But you are also taught that if a shark begins to circle your position, stand your ground, do not swim away, do not act afraid.
- Depending on the situation, you might not always make more money than her, but you need to make sure you're standing your ground and taking care of your part.
- So a woman is going to want to know if you have your own options, opinions, and if you can be assertive and stand your ground.
- In other words, stand your ground and signal back to him that you refuse to cooperate with the world he's living in.
- It was just stand your ground and fucking throw fists.
- You need to, you know, stand your ground, your alpha man.
- I didn't, I didn't crosswords with Eddie at all like he, but he taught me how to stand your ground and and start in the right way.
Examples
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But the natural advantage of the terrain allows them to stand their ground and eventually drive the federals back.
Academic text (2004) -
Our Lady will help us stand our ground in the coming persecution.
Blog text (7) -
And she comes in and then you stand your ground and you look her directly in the eyes.
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Now, they must learn to stand their ground.
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I say, we stand our ground.
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We will stand our ground and fight back!
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We need strong leaders to stand their ground and say, 'enough is enough'!
Blog text (17) -
I thought for a minute they were going to attack, but I stood my ground, and finally they backed off.
Fiction book (1991) -
But you are also taught that if a shark begins to circle your position, stand your ground, do not swim away, do not act afraid.
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And once you stand your ground, the mob won't hurt you.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Say or demand something firmly and refuse to change your mind
293
3.2
To defend yourself when someone treats you unfairly
139
3.7
To refuse to give up until you get what you want
62
3.7
To keep doing something or keep holding a belief despite difficulty
39
3.9
To say firmly what you need or think when people treat you unfairly
23
4.6
Publicly say you strongly agree or disagree with something
22
3.7
Keep your decision or opinion when others try to make you change
12
6.7
Keep supporting your idea when others disagree
9
4.5
To refuse to change your opinion or decision despite pressure
8
5.4
To refuse to change a decision or rule under pressure
4
6.4
Refuse to change your mind when others disagree
3
4.9
Stand firmly in one place to show you will not change your mind
2
4.4
Keep the same decision even when others disagree
2
7.9
To keep the same opinion or decision and not change it
2
7.7
To refuse to change your mind and stay firm
1
7.8
Refuse to change an opinion or position at all
1
6.7
Refuse to change an opinion or plan when pressed
1
4.4
To state an opinion strongly and refuse to change it when others disagree
1
5.4
Keep doing what you believe is right even when it is hard
Defend your ideas or what you want when others disagree
Antonyms
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents combine transparently to give the basic sense 'hold your position / refuse to retreat' (stand = hold, your = possession, ground = position), so a B1 learner who knows the words will likely infer that core meaning. However, the detailed legal sense (permission to use reasonable or deadly force and removal of a duty to retreat) is a technical extension not predictable from the parts, so the expression is only partially compositional.
Etymology
Stand your ground comes from the image of a person who will stand on their ground and refuse to move back when others push them. So, it now means 'to refuse to change your opinion or position'.