stand up to

Strong matches

• brave
• face
• oppose

Strongest matches

• confront
• defy
• go through
• withstand

Strong matches

• bear
• beard
• challenge
• court
• dare
• face
• risk
• suffer
• support
• venture

Weak matches

• face off
• fly in the face of
• outdare
• take on

Strongest matches

• ask for
• assert
• call for
• claim
• confront
• defy
• demand
• denounce
• impose
• require
• test
• try

Strong matches

• accost
• arouse
• beard
• brave
• cross
• dare
• exact
• impeach
• impugn
• inquire
• investigate
• provoke
• query
• reclaim
• stimulate
• summon
• tax
• vindicate

Weak matches

• call out
• face down
• face off
• face the music
• fly in the face of
• hang in
• insist upon
• invite competition
• make a point of
• make a stand
• object to
• search out
• stick it out
• throw down the gauntlet

Strongest matches

• accost
• defy
• encounter
• meet
• oppose
• repel
• resist

Strong matches

• affront
• beard
• brave
• dare
• flout
• front
• scorn
• withstand

Weak matches

• call one's bluff
• come up against
• face down
• face off
• face up to
• face with
• go one-on-one
• go up against
• make my day
• meet eyeball-to-eyeball
• tell off

Strongest matches

• argue
• combat
• continue
• engage in
• force
• maintain
• oppose
• resist
• support

Strong matches

• bicker
• buck
• conduct
• contest
• defy
• dispute
• effect
• endure
• further
• hassle
• persevere
• persist
• prosecute
• repel
• row
• squabble
• strive
• struggle
• travail
• traverse
• uphold
• wage
• withstand
• wrangle

Weak matches

• buckle down
• carry on
• exert oneself
• fall out
• hammer away
• lay into
• light into
• make a stand against
• push forward
• put up an argument
• spare no effort
• take on
• take pains
• tangle with
• toil on

Strongest matches

• argue
• assail
• attack
• debate
• defy
• deny
• disagree
• dispute
• face
• fight
• prevent
• protest
• resist

Strong matches

• assault
• bar
• battle
• bombard
• check
• combat
• confront
• contradict
• controvert
• counter
• counterattack
• cross
• disapprove
• encounter
• expose
• gainsay
• hinder
• neutralize
• reverse
• taunt
• thwart
• withstand

Weak matches

• call in question
• face down
• fly in the face of
• frown at
• not countenance
• run counter to
• search out
• speak against
• take a stand
• take issue
• take on
• turn the tables

Strongest matches

• abide
• combat
• confront
• continue
• curb
• defy
• endure
• forgo
• maintain
• prevent
• refuse
• repel
• thwart
• turn down

Strong matches

• antagonize
• assail
• assault
• battle
• bear
• brook
• buck
• check
• contend
• counteract
• countervail
• dispute
• duel
• forbear
• hinder
• hold
• persevere
• persist
• refrain
• remain
• stay
• stonewall
• suffer
• traverse
• weather

Weak matches

• abstain from
• die hard
• fight back
• hold off
• hold out against
• keep from
• leave alone
• put up a fight
• remain firm
• struggle against

Strongest matches

• feel
• have
• see
• suffer
• tolerate
• undergo
• withstand

Strong matches

• abide
• bear
• brook
• digest
• encounter
• go
• know
• stand
• stomach

Weak matches

• bear up under
• bear with
• hang in
• live with
• put up with
• take it

Weak matches

• brave
• buck
• call out
• confront
• dare
• defy
• denounce
• dispute
• face-off
• go eyeball to eyeball with
• go one on one with
• go toe to toe with
• go up against
• hang in
• insist upon
• investigate
• invite competition
• make a stand
• object to
• question
• throw down the gauntlet

Strongest match

• cross swords

Weak matches

• ask for trouble
• call out
• challenge
• confront
• contest
• dare
• defy
• do something about it
• invite to debate
• knock the chip off one's shoulder
• meet face to face
• provoke
• start something

Strongest matches

• combat
• cope
• defy
• hold off
• repel
• resist
• ride out
• suffer
• thwart
• tolerate
• weather

Strong matches

• brace
• brave
• buck
• confront
• contest
• cross
• dispute
• duel
• face
• fight
• oppose
• stand
• stick
• take
• traverse
• violate

Weak matches

• fly in the face of
• grapple with
• hang on
• hang tough
• hold one's ground
• hold out
• prevail against
• put up struggle
• put up with
• remain firm
• sit and take it
• stand fast
• stand firm
• stand one's ground
• stand up against
• stick fast
• take it
• take on
• win out