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    [Adjective]  | "stand*pat" | \ ˈstan(d)-ˈpat \


    1: stubbornly conservative : resisting or opposing change


    Origin: 1893 ;

    [Verb]  | "stand pat" 


    1: to play one's hand as dealt in draw poker without drawing

    2: to oppose or resist change


    Origin: 1865 ;

     {see: |pat:4|pat:4};

    [Adjective]  | "standpat" 


    1: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions;


      * e.g., " ... the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing "





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