stick to your guns

stick to your guns
stick to your guns
: to continue to have a particular opinion, plan, etc., when other people criticize you and say that you are wrong

Despite criticism from the press, the governor is sticking to her guns on this issue.

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stick to your ˈguns idiom
(informal) to refuse to change your mind about sth even when other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong
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