stubborn up

verb

To become stubborn; to refuse to change one's mind or stance.

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Meanings

verbstubborn up (third-person singular simple present stubborns up, present participle stubborning up, simple past and past participle stubborned up)

present singular third person stubborns up · participle present stubborning up · participle past stubborned up · past stubborned up

  1. intransitiveTo become stubborn; to refuse to change one's mind or stance.

    […] Eva said, by her manner revealing that she too had sensed the stubborning up of her mother.

    1951, Frederick Feikema Manfred, The Giant (page 100)
    1 more example

    She stubborned up. "I don't buy that, Charlie. I know what you're talking about, I'm not a fool, but I think I can beat it."

    1978, Terry Carr, The Best Science Fiction of the Year (issue 7, page 38)
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Chicago

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