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stand firm, v.

refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
<verb.communication>

hold firm stand fast stand firm stand pat

verb frames

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

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

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

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

semantic pointers

hypernym

insist, take a firm stand

hyponym

hunker down

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3

hold out resist stand firm withstand

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

resistive resistant resistance

antonym

surrender

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

holdout holdout

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

withstander

semantic pointers

hypernym

fight, oppose, defend, fight down, fight back

hyponym

stand out stand up outbrave hold off stand, remain firm defy, withstand, hold, hold up