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make a stand

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make a stand

to make a determined effort to defend something or to stop something from happening There comes a time in every close game when a team has to rise up and make a stand.

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make a stand

to make a determined effort to defend something or to stop something from happening I felt the situation had existed for far too long and it was time to make a stand.

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make a stand

Hold firm against something or someone, as in The government was determined to make a stand against all forms of terrorism. This idiom transfers the early meaning of holding ground against an enemy to other issues. [c. 1600]

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