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stand pat
/stˈand pˈat/
/stˈænd pˈæt/
to stand pat
[LOCUTION]1
camper sur ses positions à propos de
to refuse to change one's opinions, attitudes, or decisions
Exemples
1. In the case of Russia, I think it would more or less stand pat.
2. But it'd be way tougher if the Sixers had just stood pat with an injured Ratliff on their roster.
3. Historian Tim Naftali says Kennedy successfully attacked the Eisenhower/Nixon administration as standing pat while countries like China and Cuba-- a country just 90 miles from the United States-- were lost to Russian influence.
4. Esther George, Eric Rosengren, they're both Fed presidents, said, they thought the Feds should stand pat.
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