stick to one's guns
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stick to one's guns
verb sticks to one's guns · sticking to one's guns · stuck to one's guns · stick by one's guns
- Of a gunner, to persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire. Capitan Beaulieu-de-Long and his first lieutenant were both killed, several guns dismounted, and many of the [French frigate] crew killed and wounded. . . . Nevertheless the French stuck bravely to their guns, while the flame of the cannonade illuminated the scene beneath the canopy of smoke.
- To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition. Ronald had stuck to his guns and refused me to the last.
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verb to maintain one's viewpoint when faced with opposition
| Español | seguir erre que erre, seguir en sus trece |
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| Français | camper sur ses positions |
| Deutsch | auf seinem Standpunkt beharren, auf seiner Meinung beharren |
| Italiano | tenere duro |
| Русский | стоя́ть на своём stojátʹ na svojóm |
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