hold/stand firm
Definition
› to remain in the same place or at the same level: The protesters stood firm as the police tried to disperse them. The pound held firm against the Swiss franc today.Keeping and staying the sameNot able to be changed
(Definition of hold/stand firm from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- consistency noun (BEING THE SAME)
- consistent adjective (NOT CHANGING)
- continuum noun
- control noun (IN AN EXPERIMENT)
- fastness noun (FIXED)
- fixed adjective (FASTENED)
- flat adjective (FIXED)
- flat adjective (PROFITS)
- leave verb (REMAIN)
- level off phrasal verb
- peg verb (FIX)
- remain verb
- stability noun
- stabilize verb
- stable adjective
- stay verb (CONTINUE)
- unchanged adjective
- undisturbed adjective
- wallow in sth phrasal verb (REMAIN UNHAPPY)
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
Topic:
Keeping and staying the same
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