Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts

1. The union workers will not give in to the demands of the factory management. They want better wages, better health benefits and improved working conditions, and they’re going to stand their ground.
2. When the goose was threatened by the approaching fox, she stood her ground and hissed and pecked at him. She would protect her baby goslings at all costs.

Antonyms: give in; knuckle under. Compare to: stick to (one’s) guns. Stick to one’s guns more narrowly means to be firm in one’s resolve, and could be used in opt.1 but not in opt.2. The expression stand one’s ground suggests having one’s feet firmly planted on the ground and not giving up any ground to one’s adversary. It is often used to describe the behavior of a wild animal that is being threatened by its enemy.