stand one's ground

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Verb

stand one's ground (third-person singular simple present stands one's ground, present participle standing one's ground, simple past and past participle stood one's ground)

To hold a position in battle.
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “History of England, Before the Restoration”, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume I, copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 41:
  It soon appears that peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers, whose whole life is a preparation for the day of battle, whose nerves have been braced by long familiarity with danger, and whose movements have all the precision of clockwork.
(idiomatic) To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.
They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.

Synonyms

hold one's ground

Translations

to hold a position in battle

Chinese:
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Dutch: stand houden
Finnish: pitää asemat
Spanish: mantenerse firme, resistir (es)

to remain resolute