Analysis Complete

take a firm stand

/ take a firm stand /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

be insistent and refuse to budge

"I must insist!"

Kinds of:

stand pat stand firm hold firm stand fast assert

Derived:

insistence insisting

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s PP

Semantic Complexity

21%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

7

Times Searched

3

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stand pat stand firm hold firm stand fast assert