Usually means: Oppose or resist with determination.
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  1. gainstand: Merriam-Webster
  2. gainstand: Wordnik
  3. gainstand: Wiktionary
  4. Gainstand: Dictionary.com
  5. Gainstand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. gainstand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Gainstand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. gainstand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. gainstand: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Gainstand: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (gainstand)

verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal) To make or offer resistance.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Opposition; resistance.

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