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TAKE A FIRM STAND
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
Example:
I must insist!
Synonyms:
insist; take a firm stand
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take a firm stand"):
hold firm; stand fast; stand firm; stand pat (refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief)
assert; asseverate; maintain (state categorically)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
