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Stand firm   /stænd fərm/   Listen
Stand firm

verb
1.
Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.  Synonyms: hold out, resist, withstand.
2.
Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief.  Synonyms: hold firm, stand fast, stand pat.






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"Stand firm" Quotes from Famous Books



... struggle for those who would be faithful to stand firm against the deceptions and abominations which were disguised in sacerdotal garments and introduced into the church. The Bible was not accepted as the standard of faith. The doctrine of religious freedom was termed heresy, and its upholders ...
— The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan • Ellen G. White

... in the circumstances, was difficult, and when two days had gone without bringing any sign of her, I determined to follow the trail of my last expedition, and find out whether that strip of rocky coast, with its hidden cavern, actually did stand firm somewhere on the solid earth, or was ...
— Pieces of Eight • Richard le Gallienne

... though no longer exultant and no more fearless, would be loyal and constant all the same. Should she, after saving others, be herself a castaway? She experienced a longing for the sympathy and support of Mr Jenkinson Neeld. Surely he would stand firm too? He was still at Fairholme. Was he included in Janie's "own people"? Had he been ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope

... was submitted to Marsham, who decided hotly against the Vicar, and implored Diana to stand firm. But somehow his intervention only hastened the compunction that had already begun to work in her. She followed the Roughsedges to ...
— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... every person we meet, we create an unwholesome and unfortunate atmosphere about ourselves, which will bring to us the unworthy and deceitful. Stand firm in the universe. Believe in yourself. Believe ...
— The Heart of the New Thought • Ella Wheeler Wilcox


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