单词 | to stand upon it |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand upon it b. intransitive. to stand upon it: to insist, or persist in maintaining, that something is the case. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)] to countenance outa1529 to face down (also out)1530 to stand to ——1551 to stand upon it1590 to stand in ——1594 to stand out1653 to stick out1885 sledgehammer1976 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 17 But tush thy gossips will stand vpon it, that Martins clocke goes true, though the Diuell were in the Horologe. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xx. sig. D11v A Constable Is a Vice-roy in the street, and no man stands more vpon't that he is the Kings Officer. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 202 Yet he always stood upon it, that he had the King's order by word of mouth for what he had done. < as lemmas |
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