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• to stand by

• to hold by, to insist, to insist on sg, to insist that, to insist upon sg, to persevere, to persist in sg

• to last the winter out

• to see sy through

• to endure to the end

• to die in the last ditch

• to be wedded to his opinion

• to be wedded to his opinion

• assiduous, constant, dogged, enduring, hard, insistent, long-suffering, loyal, persevering, persistent, strenuous, tenacious, tough, true, unwavering

• durance, endurance, long-suffering, perseverance, persistence, persistency, stamina, stay, steadiness, strength, tenacity, toughness

• don't give up!

• assiduously, doggedly, hard

• mistress

• stayer

• staunchness

• hard work

• eager pursuit

• hard worker, sticker

• to toughen

• insister

• holding