Usually means: Maintain current position; resist change.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word stand pat:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. stand pat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stand pat: Merriam-Webster
  3. stand pat, stand pat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stand pat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stand pat: Vocabulary.com
  6. stand-pat: Wordnik
  7. stand pat: Wiktionary
  8. stand pat: Dictionary.com
  9. stand pat: Rhymezone
  10. stand pat: FreeDictionary.org
  11. stand pat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. stand-pat, stand pat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand pat: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand pat: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See stand_pats as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stand pat)

verb:  (intransitive, poker) To play one's hand without drawing any more cards.
verb:  (intransitive, blackjack) To stop hitting; to declare one's hand as final.
verb:  (idiomatic) To resist changes.

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