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STAND FAST
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
Synonyms:
hold firm; stand fast; stand firm; stand pat
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "stand fast" is one way to...):
insist; take a firm stand (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stand fast"):
hunker down (hold stubbornly to a position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
