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STAND PAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stand pat mean?
• STAND PAT (verb)
The verb STAND PAT has 1 sense:
1. refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
Familiarity information: STAND PAT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hold firm; stand fast; stand firm; stand pat
Hypernyms (to "stand pat" is one way to...):
insist; take a firm stand (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stand pat"):
hunker down (hold stubbornly to a position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
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