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stand-pat
 
Adjective stand-pat has 1 sense
  1. fusty, standpat, unprogressive, nonprogressive - old-fashioned and out of date
    Antonym: liberal (indirect, via conservative)
Verb stand-pat has 1 sense
  1. stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast - refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
    --1 is one way to insist, take a firm stand
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s on something
stand- by stand-alone stand-by-painter stand-by stand-down stand-in stand-off stand-out stand-pat stand-up stand stand alone stand at stand back stand by stand erect stand fast

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