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STAND PAT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 pat" 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 pat"):

hunker down (hold stubbornly to a position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something

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