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What does take a stand mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.
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Some write feminist theology, take a stand and publicly speak out, not mincing words.
To reach a critical mass, we need to take a stand, and we need to awaken our neighbours, our parents, our friends.
It was left to the other half of the legislature, the Lords, to take a stand.
But woe betide the people when they have the effrontery to take a stand on higher principles.
But in this corner, the binge drinking and the droopy drawers are seen as a coarsening of society and it's time to take a stand.
Withington said he had to take a stand on the issue to set an example for his boys.

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