STAND FAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stand fast mean? 

• STAND FAST (verb)
  The verb STAND FAST has 1 sense:

1. refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

  Familiarity information: STAND FAST used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAND FAST (verb)

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 fast" 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 fast"):

hunker down (hold stubbornly to a position)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

Let all who love their prince and country stand fast, while those who think more of a well-lined purse step forth upon the farther side.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You stand fast?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stand fast with the anchors in the waist, and be ready for a cast.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)