take a firm stand

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- I must insist!
• Syn:
insist
• Derivationally related forms:
insistence (for: insist)
• Hyponyms:
stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast, assert,
asseverate, maintain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s on something