Stand Firm

Definition: Stand Firm

Stand Firm

Verb

1. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.

2. Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Stand Firm

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Resolution

Devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm; (stability); steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer.

Stability

Verb: be firm; Adjective: stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under.

Crosswords: Stand Firm

Otherwise, my advice is to stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong. (Is It College Yet?; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

And I still stand firm (Only God Knows Why; performing artist: Kid Rock)

Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault (1996)

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Books

• Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine of the Gettysburg Campaign (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

rri në mënyrë të qëndrueshme. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمسك ب (hold by smth., make biding for power). (various references)

Czech

stát pevnì (hold firm), být neoblomný (be as hard as nails). (various references)

Finnish

pysyä lujana (be steadfast, persevere, remain firm, stick to one's resolve). (various references)

French

ne pas lâcher pied. (various references)

German

standhalten (hold, hold up, resist, stand, stand up to, to defy, withstand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �張る (to insist on, to persist, to stand firm, to try one's best). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

が�"ばる (to insist on, to persist, to stand firm, to try one's best), ふ�"ばる (to brace one's legs, to hold out, to persist, to plant oneself, to stand firm, to straddle), ふみ�"たえる (to hold out, to stand firm). (various references)

Pig Latin

andstay irmfay

Russian 

стоять прочно (hold firm). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

čvrsto stajati. (various references)

constabit, constabunt, constans, constant, constantes, constantia, constat, constiterant, consto, ecclesiastes, interstetit, perstat, praestaturum, restant, restat, restiterat, restiterit, restiterunt, restitistis, restitit, sta, stabam, stabant, stabantque, stabat, stabimus, stabis, stabisque, stabit, stabitis, stabitque, stabo, stabunt, stamus, standum, stans, stansque, stant, stante, stantem, stantes, stantibus, stantis, stantium, stare, starent, stares, staret, staretis, stari, stas, stat, state, statis, statu, statum, statura, staturae, staturam, stem, stemus, stent, stes, stet, steterant, steterat, stetere, steterim, steterint, steteris, steterit, steterunt, steteruntque, steti, stetis, stetisse, stetissent, stetisset, stetisti, stetistis, stetit, stetitque, stetur, sto, sto, steti, statum. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: indrafts.

-2 letters: firmans, indraft, maftirs, mantids, martins.

-3 letters: admits, adrift, afrits, amidst, dinars, disarm, drafts, drains, drifts, faints, firman, inarms, instar, maftir, mantid, mantis, martin, matins, nadirs, ranids, santir, strain, strand, trains, triads.

-4 letters: adits, admit, afrit, airns, airts, amids, amins, amirs, antis, astir, damns, darns, darts, dinar, dints, dirts, ditas, draft, drain, drams.

+3 letters: deformations.

+4 letters: draftsmanship, midafternoons.

+5 letters: disinformation, draftsmanships, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen, transmogrified.