TAKE A FIRM STAND

I. (verb)

Meaning:

Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

Example:

I must insist!

Synonyms:

insist; take a firm stand

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take a firm stand"):

hold firm; stand fast; stand firm; stand pat (refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief)

assert; asseverate; maintain (state categorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something