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To stand fire

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stand \Stand\, v. t.
   1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the
      cold or the heat.

   2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
      ``Love stood the siege.'' --Dryden.

            He stood the furious foe.             --Pope.

   3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

            Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the
            judgment of a Roman senate.           --Addison.

   4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on
      the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

   5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
      [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

   {To stand fire}, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy
      without giving way.

   {To stand one's ground}, to keep the ground or station one
      has taken; to maintain one's position. ``Peasants and
      burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground
      against veteran soldiers.'' --Macaulay.

   {To stand trial}, to sustain the trial or examination of a
      cause; not to give up without trial.
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