die in harness
verb
Roget 143:
continue,
persist;
go on,
jog on,
keep on,
run on,
hold on;
abide,
keep,
pursue,
stick to its course,
take its course,
maintain its course;
carry on,
keep up.
sustain,
uphold,
hold up,
keep on foot;
follow up,
perpetuate;
maintain;
preserve
etc.
604.1;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104.
keep going,
keep alive,
keep the pot boiling,
keep up the ball,
keep up the good work;
die in harness,
die with one's boots on;
hold on the even tenor of one's way,
pursue the even tenor of one's way.
let be;
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.];
quieta non movere [Lat.];
let things take their course;
stare decisis
(Jurisprudence).
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Roget 604a:
persevere,
persist;
hold on,
hold out;
die in the last ditch,
be in at the death;
stick to,
cling to,
adhere to;
stick to one's text,
keep on;
keep to one's course,
keep to one's ground,
maintain one's course,
maintain one's ground;
go all lengths,
go through fire and water;
bear up,
keep up,
hold up;
plod;
stick to work
etc.
(work)
686;
continue
etc.
143;
follow up;
die in harness,
die at one's post.
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