| VERB | communication | take a firm stand, insist | be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge |
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| Meaning | Be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something | |
| Synonym | insist | |
| Narrower | assert, asseverate, maintain | state categorically |
| stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast | refuse / refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief | |
| Spanish | insistir | |
| Catalan | insistir | |
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