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stand upon one's terms

stand upon one's terms verb: to insist upon certain conditions.

Verb

stand upon one's terms (third-person singular simple present stands upon one's terms, present participle standing upon one's terms, simple past and past participle stood upon one's terms)

  1. To insist upon certain conditions.

Forms of stand upon one's terms

third-person singular presentstands upon one's terms
present participlestanding upon one's terms
past participlestood upon one's terms
paststood upon one's terms

Questions about stand upon one's terms

What does stand upon one's terms mean?
Stand upon one's terms means to insist upon certain conditions.
What part of speech is stand upon one's terms?
Stand upon one's terms is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand upon one's terms?
The past tense of stand upon one's terms is stood upon one's terms.

Words near stand upon one's terms in the dictionary

  1. stand up to be counted
  2. stand up to one's lick log
  3. stand up with
  4. stand upon
  5. stand upon one's dignity
  6. stand upon one's terms
  7. stand upon points
  8. stand with
  9. stand'st
  10. stand-alone
  11. stand-aloneness

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