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What is another word for standing up against?

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Verb
Present participle for to face something unpleasant with courage and fortitude
braving
enduring
bearing
withstanding
weathering
confronting
defying
facing
putting up with
suffering
risking
taking
tolerating
challenging
coping with
crossing
daring
dealing with
fighting
handling
resisting
sitting through
sticking out
sustaining
tackling
taking on
undergoing
bearing the brunt of
bracing oneself for
facing up to
going through
going up against
grappling with
grinning and bear
meeting head on
outbraving
outdaring
outfacing
prevailing against
resigning oneself to
riding out
standing
standing fast
standing up to
stomaching
subjecting oneself to
swallowing
bearding
braving out
brazening
brazening out
breasting
courting
flying in face of
flying in the face of
living out
living through
sitting and taking it
squaring off against
venturing
opposing
hanging tough
holding out
sticking fast
standing firm
holding the line against
remaining firm
persevering in the face of
going the distance against
surviving
duelingUS
duellingUK
bucking
repelling
squaring up to
coming face to face with
standing your ground
hanging on
accosting
thwarting
combating
combatting
disputing
contesting
fronting
sticking
bracing
flouting
traversing
coping
violating
throwing down the gauntlet
facing down
facing out
staring down
holding out against
bearing up against
staying the course
meeting head-on
holding your own
holding off
meeting eyeball-to-eyeball
going one-on-one
standing firm against
calling someone's bluff
facing up
sticking to your guns
treating with contempt
taking a stand against
putting up struggle
taking it
winning out
holding your ground
not giving up
meeting
coming up against
encountering
outstaring
intimidating
cowing
browbeating
overawing
scorning
brooking
countenancing
abiding
affronting
experiencing
waylaying
squaring off
staring out
submitting to
taking aside
facing with
coming to grips
hacking
supporting
engaging
wearing
mustering courage
laughing at
accepting
biding
absorbing
battling
running the gauntlet
making my day
eyeballing
pocketing
tholing
attempting
playing
allowing
knocking chip off shoulder
stepping over the line
contending with
bracing for
taking patiently
holding with
standing for
going along with
abiding by
sweating out
sticking with
attacking
playing against
looking straight in the eye
making a stand
approaching
assaulting
taking the bull by the horns
getting to grips
calling out
taking a chance with
taking a plunge
taking a flyer
defying danger
taking a chance
taking a header
taking the plunge
taking a chance on
“He successfully reframed the issue as being not about petty internal rules, but instead the little man standing up against the big political machine.”
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