stand on (v.)
insist on, demand, call for
2H6 III.i.261[Suffolk to all, of Gloucester] do not stand on quillets how to slay him
H5 V.ii.94[Queen Isabel to King Henry] Haply a woman's voice may do some good, / When articles too nicely urged be stood on
JC II.ii.13[Calphurnia to Caesar] I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me
MW II.i.207[Shallow to Page, on fencing] In these times you stand on distance
R2 IV.i.33[Fitzwater to Aumerle] If that thy valour stand on sympathy / There is my gage
RJ II.iii.89[Romeo to Friar] I stand on sudden haste
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