firm stance
Won't budge attitude
A firm stance is a resolute position on an issue, one not easily changed by pressure or opposition.
The phrase combines physical steadiness with metaphorical resolve: The senator took a firm stance against the proposed legislation.
Someone who holds a firm stance signals they won't be swayed by argument or compromise.
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- hold the lineMaintain current position
- defiantOpenly resisting control
take a stand · rigid · unyielding · iron will · backbone · planted · grounded · stubborn · no retreat · conviction · determined · immovable · rooted · anchored · braced · stiff upper lip · assertive · tenacious
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- diplomatic languagewith all due respect, no comment, at this time, in good faith, mutual understanding
- approachesapproach, approaches, method, methods, way
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
- Last Strawslast straw, fed up, breaking point, no more, tipping point
resolve and commitment
firm stancewavering
Showing unsteady resolve
vacillation · indecision · fence-sitting · equivocation · waffling
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