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"text": "There will come a time when you'll need to take a stand for the changes you want."
}
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"To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs."
],
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"(idiomatic) To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs."
],
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"word": "stand up and be counted"
},
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"word": "take sitting down"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "ottaa kantaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "Farbe bekennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "(zu etwas) Stellung beziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "klare Kante zeigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "állást foglal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "posicionar-se"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanimátʹ pozíciju",
"sense": "assert a position",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "занима́ть пози́цию"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zanjátʹ pozíciju",
"sense": "assert a position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заня́ть пози́цию"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "ta ställning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "välja sida"
}
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}
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],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "ottaa kantaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "Farbe bekennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "(zu etwas) Stellung beziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "klare Kante zeigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "állást foglal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "posicionar-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zanimátʹ pozíciju",
"sense": "assert a position",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "занима́ть пози́цию"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanjátʹ pozíciju",
"sense": "assert a position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заня́ть пози́цию"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "ta ställning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "assert a position",
"word": "välja sida"
}
],
"word": "take a stand"
}
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