Stick to firmly.
synonyms: adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick.
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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Roget 686:
exert oneself;
exert one's energies,
tax one's energies;
use exertion.
labor,
work,
toil,
moil,
sweat,
fag,
drudge,
slave,
drag a lengthened chain,
wade through,
strive,
stretch a long arm;
pull,
tug,
ply;
ply the oar,
tug at the oar;
do the work;
take the laboring oar bestir oneself
(be active)
682;
take trouble,
trouble oneself.
work hard;
rough it;
put forth one's strength,
put forth a strong arm;
fall to work,
bend the bow;
buckle to,
set one's shoulder to the wheel
etc.
(resolution)
604;
work like a horse,
work like a cart horse,
work like a galley slave,
work like a coal heaver;
labor day and night,
work day and night;
redouble one's efforts;
do double duty;
work double hours,
work double tides;
sit up,
burn the candle at both ends;
stick to
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
work one's way,
fight one's way,
lay about one,
hammer at.
take pains;
do one's best,
do one's level best,
do one's utmost;
give one hundred percent,
do the best one can,
do all one can,
do all in one's power,
do as much as in one lies,
do what lies in one's power;
use one's best endeavor,
use one's utmost endeavor;
try one's best,
try one's utmost;
play one's best card;
put one's best leg foremost,
put one's right leg foremost;
have one's whole soul in his work,
put all one's strength into,
strain every nerve;
spare no efforts,
spare no pains;
go all lengths;
go through fire and water
etc.
(resolution)
604;
move heaven and earth,
leave no stone unturned.
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Dutch: hechten, houden, vasthouden, vastzetten
Keep to:
— Stick to your principles.
— Stick to the diet.
synonyms: follow, stick with.