stand your ground
Refuse to yield
Stand your ground means to refuse to retreat or yield, maintaining your position despite pressure or opposition: She stood her ground when the committee challenged her findings.
The phrase implies resolve in the face of confrontation.
In American law, stand-your-ground laws permit using force in self-defense without a duty to retreat from a threatening situation.
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- castle doctrineRight to defend home forcefully
- Second AmendmentConstitutional gun rights clause
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- courageFortitude facing danger
fortitude · reasonable force · perseverance · defiance · legal immunity · advocacy · protest · personal protection · hold the line · activism · proportionality · justification · statutory law · no retreat · opposition · legal precedent · defend · grit
- combat idiomsstab in the back, dodge a bullet, in the crosshairs, fire away, take a shot
- phrases about braverylion heart, nerves of steel, no fear, bold as brass, steel yourself
- fighting wordsfight me, bring it, square up, throw hands, step outside
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
physical position/movement
stand your groundflee
Depart swiftly from threat
run away · retreat · give ground · fall back · withdraw