standing pat

Sustaining the American Dream has never been about standing pat.

He correctly rejected the notion of standing pat as losing slowly and divisively.

They must face up to the dire, unintended consequences of standing pat and hoping a recovery will save them.

They were determining the exact psychology of Dave Dyer in standing pat, two hours before.

Yes, I guess my vision would enlarge; and you say Smoothbore is only standing pat?

Think of her standing pat so game—just like she did for me that night out at the ranch.

In any event, in nine cases out of ten, "standing pat" is his best policy.

But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed.