standing ground
standing ground noun: 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.
Noun
standing ground (plural standing grounds)
- 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.
- 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.1848, William Hodge Mill, Five Sermons on the Nature of Christianity, section 2
- Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 7
standing ground meaning in Tamil
standing ground in Tamil
- உறுதியான சுரங்கநிலம்
Forms of standing ground
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Questions about standing ground
- What does standing ground mean?
- Standing ground means 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.
- What is standing ground in Tamil?
- Standing ground in Tamil is உறுதியான சுரங்கநிலம். See Standing ground meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is standing ground?
- Standing ground is a noun.
- What is the plural of standing ground?
- The plural of standing ground is standing grounds.
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