单词 | to stand to it |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand to it a. intransitive. To apply oneself vigorously and bravely to (a fight, contest, task, etc.). In later use chiefly in to stand to it: to fight bravely; (also) to toil at hard or painful work without flagging. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously to stand to ——?a1400 to shove at1542 to fall upon ——1617 to work awaya1635 to fall aboard1642 to fall on ——1650 to go at ——1675 to pitch into ——1823 to lay into1880 to be (also go) at the ——1898 to sail in1936 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > fight bravely [verb] to stand to ——?a1400 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight vigorously to stand to it1544 slog1846 to mix it up1898 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > fight stoutly to stand to it1544 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 6706 Bot Sir Patrik Graham a while to bataile stode. 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. fv It shall not be you that shall fyght, only steppe ye forth boldly, and stonde to it lyke men, and ye shal se ye helpe of the Lorde vpon you. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxxxv. sig. G vjv To comforte and encowrage hys men..fiercelye to fyght, and boldly to stande to it. 1610 W. Cowper Defiance to Death 236 If on Gods part, wee would haue his earnest valid to binde him to stand to his promises, wee must on our part declare, that they are forcible to binde vs to stand to our promised dueties. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 328 Saylers have the paine By drudging, pulling, hayling, standing to it In cold and raine. 1788 Salem Mercury 15 July 2/4 He is distributing them [sc. convicts] about the country. Stand to it houses, stores, &c. these gentry are acquainted with the business. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xvi. 144 The peasants stood to it like men. 1939 Irish Times 4 May 6/3 These stout North Country peasants stood to it like men, and were cut down in ranks as they stood. 1987 B. W. Powell Let. never Read xv. 90 Lester..had stood to the splitting table and cut the throats of one thousand quintals of fish. He earned enough money to purchase all his school books for the winter. to stand to it a. intransitive. to stand to it: to persist in asserting a statement, claim, etc.; to maintain. Chiefly with clause (esp. that-clause) as complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] perseverec1380 clencha1400 standc1400 to stand to it1549 beat1579 insist1596 hammer1598 consist1600 persist1600 re-enforce1603 to swear pink1956 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Y.iiiv I wyll not stand to it, yt al that he wrot was true, I thinke he woulde not so hym selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 68 Now Ile stand to it, the Pancakes were naught. View more context for this quotation 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 175 This, I will stand to it, is an Interpretation they cannot confute. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 171. ⁋8 He would stand to it, that it was full Four Miles. 1889 A. Sergeant Deveril's Diamond III. viii. 170 He stood to it at first that he knew nothing. 1925 Manch. Guardian 19 Aug. 8/2 The politicians stand to it that medical efficiency and prestige are but dross and that national dignity and ‘status’ are the things to mind. 2021 @JaylinDailey 18 July in twitter.com (accessed 1 Nov. 2021) But yet you stand to it that he's just wrong. < as lemmas |
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