http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001407.html While writing up my next post, I stumbled for a few seconds on the phrase "taking a stand (for/against)", which I momentarily thought should be "making a stand (for/against)". Googling, I find that the "take" forms far outnumber the "make"... en-us http://locussolus.com/archives/001095.html 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 m...