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TO STAND ONE'S GROUND

Definition: TO STAND ONE'S GROUND

TO STAND ONE'S GROUND

1. To keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. ``Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers.'' --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO STAND ONE'S GROUND

Language Translations for "TO STAND ONE'S GROUND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

seinen Mann stehen. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nem tágít (to persist in, to sit tight, to stand pat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay andstay one'say oundgray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO STAND ONE'S GROUND

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

sto. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO STAND ONE'S GROUND


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      53 54 41 4E 44      4F 4E 45 27 53      47 52 4F 55 4E 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000111 01010010 01001111 01010101 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#79 &#78 &#69 &#39 &#83 &#32 &#71 &#82 &#79 &#85 &#78 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 0054 0041 004E 0044      004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0047 0052 004F 0055 004E 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492535435483824948399532415249554838

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Translations: Ancient
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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