Synonyms for Making a stand:

• v.

  •challenge (verb)
  • impeach,
  • stick it out,
  • vindicate,
  • accost,
  • require,
  • beard,
  • ask for,
  • defy,
  • try,
  • query,
  • face off,
  • claim,
  • impugn,
  • make a stand,
  • impose,
  • tax,
  • summon,
  • cross,
  • call out,
  • assert,
  • call for,
  • arouse,
  • dare,
  • provoke,
  • face the music,
  • inquire,
  • reclaim,
  • stand up to,
  • face down,
  • brave,
  • denounce,
  • investigate,
  • exact,
  • fly in the face of,
  • make a point of,
  • hang in,
  • invite competition,
  • search out,
  • confront,
  • stimulate,
  • demand,
  • insist upon,
  • test,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • object to.
  •come to grips with (verb)
  • face,
  • go to the mat,
  • bite the bullet.
  •face (verb)
  • meet,
  • brook,
  • affront,
  • countenance,
  • take it,
  • take the bull by the horns,
  • risk,
  • bit the bullet,
  • tolerate,
  • encounter,
  • tell off,
  • grapple with,
  • go up against,
  • square off,
  • challenge,
  • take on,
  • suffer,
  • eyeball,
  • sustain,
  • cope with,
  • be confronted by,
  • abide,
  • contend,
  • fly in face of,
  • venture,
  • withstand,
  • endure,
  • allow,
  • fight,
  • experience,
  • deal with,
  • bear,
  • run into,
  • take,
  • swallow,
  • stomach,
  • oppose,
  • court,
  • brace,
  • submit,
  • resist,
  • stand.
  •take on (verb)
  • question,
  • dispute,
  • go one on one with,
  • go toe to toe with,
  • buck,
  • go eyeball to eyeball with.

Antonyms for Making a stand:

• v.

  • challenge
    agreement, victory, deny, decision, answer, ignore, dodge, calm.
  • face
    halt, back, hold, withdraw, disallow, aid, evade, yield, hide, shun, refuse, give up, leave, surrender, keep, assist, retreat, run, support, avoid, disapprove, resist, discontinue, help, reject, veto, give in, stop.