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Meanings of take a firm stand in English

Portuguese
insistir
Catalan
insistir
Spanish
insistir

Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge.

        insistir
        Usage of take a firm stand in English
        1
        Transcript Must take a firm stand against slavery once and for all.
        The new yorker
        2
        You'll have to take a firm stand with Ann, Doctor.
        Up the Hill and Over
        3
        Personally, I hope that we take a firm stand.
        The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
        4
        What we ought to do is to take a firm stand and defend ourselves against him.
        Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish
        5
        Minority groups have yet to take a firm stand on Fonseka's expected bid to contest the presidency.
        Reuters
        6
        Knowing the interests at stake, he'd take a firm stand and act off-hand on his own discretion.
        What's Bred in the Bone
        7
        However, he has vowed to take a firm stand against efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose his will on Mexico.
        Reuters
        8
        They, with you, are fully of the opinion that it is high time to take a firm stand against the no-government doctrine.
        Woman and the Republic / A Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement...
        9
        The ancient Pagans did experience conflict, they did make war, and they did take a firm stand on matters of right and wrong.
        A Wiccan Bible
        10
        The simplistic view is that a responsible government must now be formed and it must take a firm stand against this "populism".
        The Irish Times
        11
        From the beginning he had taken a firm stand against violent measures.
        Judith of the Plains
        12
        He took a firm stand against corruption just prior to the ANC's birthday.
        The South African
        13
        On 27 September, South African public servants took a firm stand against gender-based violence.
        The South African
        14
        But the son took a firm stand for his independence.
        The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
        15
        I took a firm stand except when at Tish's home.
        Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
        16
        Our own governments only had taken a firm stand.
        Tarrano the Conqueror
        Translations for take a firm stand
        Portuguese
        insistir
        Catalan
        insistir
        Spanish
        insistir