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stick to one's guns

To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.
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Ronald had stuck to his guns and refused me to the last.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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stick to one's gunsTo persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.
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