September 2, 2004
Eric Bakovic takes a quick look at usage for take a stand vs make a stand. It turns out both are common, although the former seems to be the dominant form, with significantly more hits on Google. Could make a stand be a conflation of take a stand and make a last stand? And where does the expression take a stand come from anyway? It's not clear to me what kind of stand is being referred to.
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