Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Stand up
Stand up verb - To withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval.
Both terms in one sentence
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Berserk Button: Draiman hates it when audience members refuse to stand up in concert (they don't necessarily have to mosh).
Source: Music / Disturbed -
At first it appears Lord Tragg is the only member of the Privy Council who will stand up to Trent's Blackmail and refuse his offer, that he won't compromise his principles or the realm for money or expediency.
Source: Literature / Castle Perilous - Gilligan Cut: One scene cuts from a young man explaining to his fiancee that he is going to stand up to his father and refuse to go to war... to the same young man, with a resigned look on his face, saddling up to leave.
Source: Series / The Rough Riders
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