Usually means: Maintain position despite opposition, pressure.
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  1. stand firm: Merriam-Webster
  2. stand firm: Vocabulary.com
  3. stand firm: Wiktionary
  4. stand firm: Dictionary.com
  5. stand firm: Rhymezone
  6. stand firm: FreeDictionary.org
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  8. stand firm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stand firm)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To resist assault or pressure.

Similar:
stand fast, hold firm, withstand, hold out, resist, stand pat, stand fire, strong-arm, tank, square up, more...

Opposite:
yield, give in, give way, submit

Types:
unyielding, resolute, adamant, obdurate, inflexible, intractable, more...

Phrases:
stand fast firm, stand firm against action, to stand firm, more...

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Similar:
stand fast, hold firm, withstand, hold out, resist, stand pat, stand fire, strong-arm, tank, square up, more...

Opposite:
yield, give in, give way, submit

Types:
unyielding, resolute, adamant, obdurate, inflexible, intractable, more...

Phrases:
stand fast firm, stand firm against action, to stand firm, more...



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