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hold firm en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly.
   • .... the depressed person's emotional agony had so completely overwhelmed her... that whenever a member of her Support System finally said that she was dreadfully sorry but she absolutely had to get off the telephone, the primal instinct for sheer emotional survival now drove the depressed person to... beg shamelessly for two or even just one more minute of the friend's time and attention, and - if the "supportive friend" held firm and terminated the conversation - to spend now hardly any time listening dully to the dial tone.... 1998 January, David Foster Wallace, “The Depressed Person”, in Harpers Magazine, page 63:

Forms

Relateds

stand firm · hold tight

Synonyms

stand firm · hold fast · hold one's ground · stand one's ground · stand fast

Translations (4)

es aferrarse a (to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly) · pl nie ustąpić (to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly) · pl nie ustępować (to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly) · es mantenerse firme (to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly)