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Seraph42 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference between

Take a stand/make a stand.


Are they synonymous?

  

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A lot of people treat them as synonyms, but for some people 'make a stand' indicates something stronger than 'take a stand'. make a stand: hold firm against something take a stand: assert your support for or opposition to something CJ

  • A lot of people treat them as synonyms, but for some people 'make a stand' indicates something stronger than 'take a stand'.
  • make a stand: hold firm against something take a stand: assert your support for or opposition to something CJ
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A lot of people treat them as synonyms, but for some people 'make a stand' indicates something stronger than 'take a stand'.

make a stand: hold firm against something
take a stand: assert your support for or opposition to something

CJ

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