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stand pat (third-person singular simple present stands pat, present participle standing pat, simple past and past participle stood pat)

1. (intransitive, poker) To play one's hand without drawing any more cards.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:

     With a mixed hand and the highest card the curse of Scotland, I've seen that man stand pat in a game with four millionaire mining men.

2. (intransitive, blackjack) To stop hitting; to declare one's hand as final.

   Synonyms: stand, (UK) stick

   After getting a hand of 20, the player stood pat.

3. (idiomatic) To resist changes.
   • 2012, "Asia's Local Growth Dilemma", Wall Street Journal, by Alex Frangos, 21st of July:

     China has cut rates and allowed banks to boost lending, while some countries, such as South Korea have stood pat, fearful that inflation pressures could reignite.

派生語

• standpatism, standpattism
• standpatter

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