单词 | take a stand |
释义 | take a standSEE SYNONYMS FOR take a stand ON THESAURUS.COM Adopt a firm position about an issue, as in She was more than willing to take a stand on abortion rights. This idiom alludes to the military sense of stand, “hold one's ground against an enemy.” [Mid-1800s] Also see make a stand. Words nearby take a standtake as gospel, take a shellacking, take a shine to, take aside, take a spill, take a stand, take at face value, take a turn for the better, take a walk, takeaway, take away from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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