Meaning of standing ground | Babel Free

Definitions

A place on which someone or something can stand firmly, especially in order to fight a contest or to take a secure view of something; a secure foundation.

figuratively

Examples

“In opposing them we shall proceed […] on that firm standing-ground which all our truly great Divines have marked out, of adherence to the principles of the Ancient Church.”

“Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly.”

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