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Definition of Take a firm stand
1. Verb. Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge. "I must insist!"
Specialized synonyms: Hold Firm, Stand Fast, Stand Firm, Stand Pat, Assert, Asseverate, Maintain
Derivative terms: Insistence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take A Firm Stand
Literary usage of Take a firm stand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. تفسير معاني القرآن الكريم باللغة ...by Taqī al-Dīn Hilālī, ا& by Taqī al-Dīn Hilālī, الهلالي، تقي الدين, Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Bukhārī, Ṭabar&# (1997)
"When you meet (an enemy) force take a firm stand against them and remember the
Name of Allah much (both with tongue and mind), so that you may be successful ..."
2. The Works of Orville Dewey, D.D.: With a Biographical Sketch by Orville Dewey (1883)
"They take a firm stand and a decided step. It is a serious interest, and they
must attend to it. But religion ! — why it is somebody's notion ! ..."
3. The Congregational Quarterly by American Congregational Union, Joseph Sylvester Clark, American Congregational Association, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham (1875)
"In our view, there never was a period in our history when it was more important
that we should take a firm stand doctrinally, than it is now. ..."
4. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1902)
"If we do not take a firm stand, on this the first chance that we have had of
dealing with the matter, this octopus will become so powerful that we shall not ..."
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