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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 .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms 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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