What does "stand in the gap" actually mean?
I am reading one of Sir Churchill's speeches. Here I find the phrase in the sentence "Very diffirent is the mood today. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap...."
I searched in Bing and was quite confused about the definition(some say it means repentance, another one I just couldn't comprehen at all) the pages gave.
Could you gave a clear explaination of it and provide another example as well. THX
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It refers, I suppose, to a Roman guard unit who stood in a mountain pass (a gap) in the Alps to defend against a much greater advancing army. I believe there were several such confrontations in early European history.
- It refers, I suppose, to a Roman guard unit who stood in a mountain pass (a gap) in the Alps to defend against a much greater advancing army.
- I believe there were several such confrontations in early European history.
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It refers, I suppose, to a Roman guard unit who stood in a mountain pass (a gap) in the Alps to defend against a much greater advancing army. I believe there were several such confrontations in early European history.
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