HyperDic: stand_pat

English > 1 sense of the expression stand pat:
VERBcommunicationstand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fastrefuse / refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
English > stand pat: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningrefuse / refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something
Synonymsstand firm, hold firm, stand fast
Narrowerhunker downhold stubbornly to a position
Broaderinsist, take a firm standBe emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge
Spanishmantenerse firme
Catalanmantenir-se ferm

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