To stand your ground is to refuse to be moved by pressure. Stand your ground, do not back down.
It is praise when the position is right and stubbornness when it is not, and the phrase does not tell you which. The picture is military and means holding a position rather than advancing.
1phrasestand your groundTo refuse to be moved by pressure.
“Stand your ground and make them put the offer in writing.”
stand your ground is a phrase.
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