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stick to one's post en · VERB
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To remain in a position, especially in a critical situation.
The driver and fireman jumped clear, but the guard, who stuck to his post, was badly shaken.
1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:"You are old, William Ewart," the young man cried,
"And life must be fleeting away,
Yet you stick to your post, and refuse to take rest;
Now, what is your reason I pray?"
1886, Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, page 162:
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