defensive stand
Last-ditch resistance
A defensive stand is a determined effort to hold position against attack or pressure.
In military and sports contexts, it describes resisting an opposing force rather than advancing: The team made a defensive stand at the goal line.
The phrase often implies being outnumbered or disadvantaged but refusing to yield: Custer's last stand, a defensive stand against corporate takeover.
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortifyMake stronger against threat
bunker · trench · stronghold · hold the line · dig in · repel · fall back · rampart · bulwark · garrison · entrench · blockade · bastion · redoubt · stonewall · hunker · perimeter · foxhole
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- combatbattle, fight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling
- tactical victoryambush, flanking maneuver, surprise attack, encirclement, breakthrough
defensive standretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
withdrawal · surrender · capitulation · rout · flight
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