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stand ground

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stand your ground
to refuse to do what someone else wants. While others urged him to try to rescue the peace process, he's been insisting he'll stand his ground.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of stand your ground (= to refuse to move back during a fight)
See also: ground, stand


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