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RELATED WORDS : coat stand covered stand cruet stand custer's last stand down pat home stand music stand one-night stand pat pat on the back reviewing stand stable stand stand stand aloof stand apart stand aside stand back stand behind stand by stand down stand fast stand firm stand for stand guard stand in stand in for stand in the way stand off stand oil stand on stand out stand over stand sentinel stand still stand together stand up stand up for stand up to stand watch take a firm stand take the stand wash stand wash-hand stand witness stand

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb stand pat has 1 sense

• stand pat(v = verb.communication) hold firm, stand fast, stand firm - refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief; Array
is one way to insist, take a firm stand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something

THESAURUS

stand pat

ante, ante up, back, balk, be conservative, be unflappable, bet, bet on, call, cover, die hard, do nothing, fade, gamble, get home free, hazard, hold fast, hold out, hold up, lay, lay a wager, lay down, leave alone, let alone, let be, make a bet, meet a bet, not budge, oppose change, parlay, pass, persevere, play against, plunge, punt, remain firm, ride it out, see, stake, stand fast, stand firm, stand out, stand still, stay put, stick it out, stickle, take no denial, wager, weather, weather the storm

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