stand one's ground

English

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Verb

stand one's ground

1. (idiomatic) To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.

   They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.

2. To hold a position in battle.
   • 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “History of England, Before the Restoration”, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, copyright edition, volume I, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 41:

     It soon appears that peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers, whose whole life is a preparation for the day of battle, whose nerves have been braced by long familiarity with danger, and whose movements have all the precision of clockwork.

Synonyms

• hold one's ground

Translations

to remain resolute

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: pitää kantansa
• Greek:

  Ancient: παραμένω (paraménō)

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• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: mantenerse firme

to hold a position in battle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pitää asemat
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• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: mantenerse firme, resistir (es)

See also

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy