stand your ground

or stand-your-ground

[ stand-yer-ground ]

adjectiveLaw.
  1. relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.

Origin of stand your ground

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First recorded in 2005

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