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- verb idiomatic To demonstrate oneself to be
capable ; to provide arespectable performance orworthy competition ; tostick up for oneself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb maintain one's position and be in control of a situation
- verb be sufficiently competent in a certain situation
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