Stand your ground

phr.

Heard in Galway

To refuse to yield or retreat during a confrontation or fight.

Stand your ground man, hes only a muppet.

Posh English

Hold firm, old fellow. He is merely a buffoon.

Related terms

• Bate them into the groundTo defeat a sporting opponent by an overwhelmingly large margin.
• Can't standTo dislike intensely.
• Haven't a leg to stand onSaid when a person has no way of making an argument against what you are sayiing.
• Scrapins off the groundA Waterford term for a luncheon roll.
• She stand in a stormA large, heavy or substantially built woman.
• Sound as a pound on the ground!Perfectly fine; I am quite all right.